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 187 (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.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB187 Hall Urgency Clause Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 187 Hall Third Reading Urgency By GRAY — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2015-02-19 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-04-16 Set for hearing April 28.
2015-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 795.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 883.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-22 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-07-09 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-07-16 From consent calendar.
2015-07-16 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
2015-08-20 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Holden.
2015-08-24 From inactive file.
2015-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-10 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Holden.
2016-08-04 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
2016-08-08 From inactive file.
2016-08-08 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.
2016-08-22 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6019.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-24 Urgency clause adopted.
2016-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5365.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 306, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fed92bc-242c-4d42-8467-652e2b0f8566. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).