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Bill	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 those 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1965	California AB 1965 (20172018)	bill	Tribal gaming: compact ratification.	enacted	Aguiar-Curry	7	26	8	2018-01-31	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/319c8845-e129-42e0-b8b8-ef6dc6dc9746	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965	73ab71b1f7b40eb85ea5c318f283f36a5c022cb15ee1f6a184f94cbe7b21ffbb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1965 (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 those 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. 01/31/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/04/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1965 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1965 AGUIAR-CURRY Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1965 Aguiar-Curry et al. By McGuire Urgency Clause — 26–0 (fail) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1965 Aguiar-Curry et al. By McGuire Reconsider — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1965 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence - Urgency Added — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1965 Aguiar-Curry et al. By McGuire Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
• McGuire — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
• 2018-03-19 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5436.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 26. Noes 0. Page 6006.) reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 6006.)
• 2018-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 6081.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 809, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/319c8845-e129-42e0-b8b8-ef6dc6dc9746. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).