republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-736.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 736"
citation: "California SB 736 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming", "compact ratification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ccf7d06-d90f-48f5-bab5-fbaa2637603b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736"
source_hash: "fa89f2c028f3fa029f5edc246c7dcda86ea26cb36d4ceeef92bb5437cc0c8449"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# 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.

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73699INT)
2. **05/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73698AMD)
3. **06/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73697AMD)
4. **06/23/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73695CHP)
5. **SB736** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736)
6. **06/23/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73696ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ccf7d06-d90f-48f5-bab5-fbaa2637603b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).