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 AB 1527 (20252026) — 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.
3rd Reading AB1527 Soria et al. By Hurtado Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1527 Soria Concurrence - Urgency Added — 79–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1527 Governmental Organization Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Soria — primary (person)
Blanca Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-03-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-03-19 From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1388.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-14 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2025-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-26 Withdrawn from committee.
2025-08-26 Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2795.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3332.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 202, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee069353-8ad8-42cc-960b-a27d04b66f9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).