Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.
California SB 1313 (20152016) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1313 Hall Urgency Clause Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1313 Hall Third Reading Urgency By DODD — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2016-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2016-03-15 Set for hearing April 12.
2016-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3494.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-15 Set for hearing April 25.
2016-04-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2016-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3713.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-05-09 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2016-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-15 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cooper.
2016-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6090.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-25 Urgency clause adopted.
2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5408.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 310, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/661cafad-a62d-4ad5-835d-4a7e08551966. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).