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Bill	Tribal gaming: compact ratification.	The existing federal 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 between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 559	California SB 559 (20212022)	bill	Tribal gaming: compact ratification.	enacted	Hurtado	9	39	8	2021-02-18	2022-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/749f7a86-2c6e-42b3-a4c2-7698c2184501	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559	ed5437504b46e0ca2ac1e9480be896014da240e4239c7b174587ec298014fe6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 559 (20212022) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

The existing federal 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 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. 02/18/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/22/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB559 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/06/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB559 Hurtado et al. — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 559 Hurtado Third Reading Urgency By Salas — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB559 Hurtado et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hurtado — primary (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Ramos — coauthor (person)
• Salas — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2021-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1196.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-03 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-01 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 August 19 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-08-26 August 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Gray.
• 2022-08-18 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Reyes.
• 2022-08-22 From inactive file.
• 2022-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5397.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 467, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/749f7a86-2c6e-42b3-a4c2-7698c2184501. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).