republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-626.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 626"
citation: "California SB 626 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b59c8112-c191-4970-9d1b-d744c6463b1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626"
source_hash: "65e832948260206771c30838532fad8305a481ec8dd348b8ebefe204f8432304"
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 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.

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62699INT)
2. **04/25/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62698AMD)
3. **05/25/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62697AMD)
4. **09/01/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62696AMD)
5. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62694CHP)
6. **SB626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626)
7. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62695ENR)

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — principal coauthor (person)
- Newman — principal 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 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b59c8112-c191-4970-9d1b-d744c6463b1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).