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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 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. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 253 California AB 253 (20172018)
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California AB 253 (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.

  1. 01/31/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/23/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 08/30/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 10/03/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. AB253 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Bigelow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2017-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
  • 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-23 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
  • 2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
  • 2017-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1491.) 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 G.O. 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 G.O. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
  • 2017-09-06 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2017-09-06 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2017-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-09-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2712.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2017-09-12 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3206.)
  • 2017-09-12 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3208.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  • 2017-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c311aca-b437-491c-b516-bf8e0eee5b7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).