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 394 (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.
2017-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2017-02-21 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2017-03-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-03-30 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1389.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-13 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Mendoza.
2017-08-31 From inactive file.
2017-08-31 Ordered to second reading.
2017-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-01 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-09-05 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
2017-09-12 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-09-12 Ordered to second reading.
2017-09-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-14 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2937.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2017-09-15 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3521.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06eed86f-f21d-41d5-be3b-37450dabac66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).