The existing federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 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 AB 3276 (20232024) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
The existing federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 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.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ramos — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2024-03-21 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
2024-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2024-04-15 (Pending re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D.)
2024-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2024-06-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-27 From Consent Calendar.
2024-06-27 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-06 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2024-08-13 Withdrawn from committee.
2024-08-13 Ordered to second reading.
2024-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-21 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5271.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-21 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-26 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6571.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2024-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a75fe23-530d-4fd7-a9bf-d787c671a49e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).