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 931 (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.
SB 931 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Ramos — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
Archuleta — coauthor (person)
Ashby — coauthor (person)
Bradford — coauthor (person)
Jones — coauthor (person)
Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
Ramos — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-01-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 16.
2024-02-14 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2024-02-28 Set for hearing March 12.
2024-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3282.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-03-28 Set for hearing April 8.
2024-04-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3576.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-04-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-04-29 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2024-06-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-20 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Santiago.
2024-06-20 Ordered to inactive file.
2024-08-15 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Ramos.
2024-08-19 From inactive file.
2024-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-20 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-26 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6540.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-28 Urgency clause adopted.
2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5612.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 320, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30a8d02e-bdc9-4442-81c6-c23b00771f8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).