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 those compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.
California SB 736 (20232024) — 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 those compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to 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.
Unfinished Business SB736 McGuire et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
SB 736 McGuire Third Reading Urgency By Aguiar-Curry — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2023-03-01 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING. referral-committee
2023-03-29 Set for hearing April 12.
2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 684.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-18 Set for hearing April 24.
2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 875.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 962.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2023-05-26 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
2023-06-08 Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
2023-06-08 Withdrawn from committee.
2023-06-08 Ordered to second reading.
2023-06-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-06-12 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-12 Ordered to third reading.
2023-06-19 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2288.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-06-22 Urgency clause adopted.
2023-06-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1679.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2023-06-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-06-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 11, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ccf7d06-d90f-48f5-bab5-fbaa2637603b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).