republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-585.md

---
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 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 585"
citation: "California SB 585 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53a32691-3d8c-4f3f-baa6-2d14d3b0adbd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB585"
source_hash: "8eacbd608f3533ea171a6e8c1313c436314740f97947f0482a9bac272610af5e"
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 SB 585 (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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB585&version=20170SB58599INT)
2. **09/07/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB585&version=20170SB58598AMD)
3. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB585&version=20170SB58596CHP)
4. **SB585** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB585)
5. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB585&version=20170SB58597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 585 McGuire Third Reading Urgency By GARCIA, C. — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB585 McGuire et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — author (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2017-03-30** April 5 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-03-31** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2017-04-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 783.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 903.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-29** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta.
- **2017-06-29** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bonta.
- **2017-09-01** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2017-09-05** From inactive file.
- **2017-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3405.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-15** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** 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 464, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53a32691-3d8c-4f3f-baa6-2d14d3b0adbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).