republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1313.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1313"
citation: "California SB 1313 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/661cafad-a62d-4ad5-835d-4a7e08551966"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313"
source_hash: "bb23fe72181ff01d5c9e6321930c0c9e2b86ecd610c97482789bfb0d77266f93"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# 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.

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313&version=20150SB131399INT)
2. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313&version=20150SB131398AMD)
3. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313&version=20150SB131396CHP)
4. **SB1313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313)
5. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313&version=20150SB131397ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/661cafad-a62d-4ad5-835d-4a7e08551966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).