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 tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.
California AB 174 (20172018) — 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 tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of 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.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-01-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-01-18 From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
2017-01-30 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2017-04-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 1473.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2017-07-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-08-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-08-29 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-08-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-08-31 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-08-31 Ordered to second reading.
2017-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2462.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-07 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3014.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fce35aae-1f0b-4429-8710-23c8e03a5778. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).