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 SB 626 (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.
2017-02-17 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 RLS. referral-committee
2017-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
2017-05-02 Set for hearing May 9.
2017-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1006.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-05-25 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-26 Published May 25 at 9 p.m.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1347.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-15 Referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-17 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.
2017-08-28 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
2017-08-29 From inactive file.
2017-08-29 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-01 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2969.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-06 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-09-07 Urgency clause adopted.
2017-09-07 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2584.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-12 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 465, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b59c8112-c191-4970-9d1b-d744c6463b1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).