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Bill	Gaming: Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act.	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 prohibits the Legislature from authorizing casinos of the type operating in Nevada and New Jersey and 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	20232024	SB 549	California SB 549 (20232024)	bill	Gaming Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act	enacted	Newman	9	31	7	2023-02-15	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/19d85c87-4840-4801-99b2-c8fb53f18c48	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB549	8ba138a195d265c44c749a26a95164ed37258d1452a138c732a1f12e0baa85fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 549 (20232024) — Gaming: Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act.

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 prohibits the Legislature from authorizing casinos of the type operating in Nevada and New Jersey and 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. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/12/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/10/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB549 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 549 Newman Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — 62–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB549 Newman et al. Concurrence — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Newman — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — principal coauthor (person)
• Atkins — coauthor (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Essayli — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Maienschein — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Min — coauthor (person)
• Sanchez — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)
• Wallis — coauthor (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)
• Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-04-10 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 790.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1004.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 June 28 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-06-27 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 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
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6898.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 5791.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 860, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19d85c87-4840-4801-99b2-c8fb53f18c48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).