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 891 (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.
3rd Reading AB891 Mayes et al. By Glazer Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 891 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mayes — primary (person)
Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
Glazer — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2017-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2017-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-05-26 Coauthors revised.
2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1830.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
2017-06-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-09-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-09-05 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-09-05 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
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 2938.). 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 3523.). 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 447, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/389b6161-725e-446d-8aff-401dfab88a6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).