Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

97 lines
7.2 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
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 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1965"
citation: "California AB 1965 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/319c8845-e129-42e0-b8b8-ef6dc6dc9746"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965"
source_hash: "73ab71b1f7b40eb85ea5c318f283f36a5c022cb15ee1f6a184f94cbe7b21ffbb"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965&version=20170AB196599INT)
2. **03/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965&version=20170AB196598AMD)
3. **04/04/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965&version=20170AB196597AMD)
4. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965&version=20170AB196596AMD)
5. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965&version=20170AB196594CHP)
6. **AB1965** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965)
7. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1965&version=20170AB196595ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1965 AGUIAR-CURRY Consent Calendar Second Day — **780** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1965 Aguiar-Curry et al. By McGuire Urgency Clause — **260** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1965 Aguiar-Curry et al. By McGuire Reconsider — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- AB 1965 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence - Urgency Added — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **210** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1965 Aguiar-Curry et al. By McGuire Urgency Clause — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **130** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/319c8845-e129-42e0-b8b8-ef6dc6dc9746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).