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, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.
California SB 900 (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, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2022-02-16 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2022-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-26 Withdrawn from committee.
2022-04-26 Ordered to second reading.
2022-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3582.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-09 Ordered to second reading.
2022-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4709.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-16 (Corrected May 17.)
2022-05-17 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2022-05-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2022-05-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-05-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 18, Statutes of 2022. became-law
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/447de7c3-a105-44d8-b752-794071639e99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).