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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tribal Nation Grant Fund."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Tribal Nation Grant Fund, administered by the California Gambling Control Commission, for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts. Under existing law, moneys in the Tribal Nation Grant Fund are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the discretionary distribution of funds to nongaming and limited-gaming tribes, as specified. Existing law establishes the Tribal Nation Grant Fund Program and authorizes Tribal Nation Grant Fund Panel to award grants from available moneys within the fund and make other distributions from the fund to eligible tribes, as specified. Existing law requires an eligible tribe requesting a grant to submit an application on a form approved by the panel and provided by the commission. Existing law authorizes the panel to distribute of the available moneys in the fund to all eligible tribes that submitted a completed grant application, as specified. Existing law authorizes the panel, in its discretion and based upon the purpose or project set forth in the application, to require an eligible tribe to encumber or expend any or all of a grant within a specified period of time, as described. Existing law requires each eligible tribe and each individual applying on behalf of each eligible tribe to agree to return to the fund any amount of a grant not encumbered or expended, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 221"
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citation: "California AB 221 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["TribalNationGrantFund"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/121cae4e-40cf-43fa-9a19-a98cf205fbdb"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB221"
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source_hash: "b75931d1403bb6eb47edece21ff9ec6955071aeb94554402367fde9faa63ac1e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 221 (20252026) — Tribal Nation Grant Fund.
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Existing law establishes the Tribal Nation Grant Fund, administered by the California Gambling Control Commission, for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts. Under existing law, moneys in the Tribal Nation Grant Fund are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the discretionary distribution of funds to nongaming and limited-gaming tribes, as specified. Existing law establishes the Tribal Nation Grant Fund Program and authorizes Tribal Nation Grant Fund Panel to award grants from available moneys within the fund and make other distributions from the fund to eligible tribes, as specified. Existing law requires an eligible tribe requesting a grant to submit an application on a form approved by the panel and provided by the commission. Existing law authorizes the panel to distribute of the available moneys in the fund to all eligible tribes that submitted a completed grant application, as specified. Existing law authorizes the panel, in its discretion and based upon the purpose or project set forth in the application, to require an eligible tribe to encumber or expend any or all of a grant within a specified period of time, as described. Existing law requires each eligible tribe and each individual applying on behalf of each eligible tribe to agree to return to the fund any amount of a grant not encumbered or expended, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/08/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB221&version=20250AB22199INT)
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2. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB221&version=20250AB22198AMD)
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3. **09/26/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB221&version=20250AB22196CHP)
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4. **AB221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB221)
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5. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB221&version=20250AB22197ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 221 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 221 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB221 Ramos et al. By Richardson — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ramos — primary (person)
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- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Bryan — coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Davies — coauthor (person)
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- Dixon — coauthor (person)
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- Fong — coauthor (person)
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- Hadwick — coauthor (person)
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- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
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- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Sanchez — coauthor (person)
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- Solache — coauthor (person)
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- Soria — coauthor (person)
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- Valencia — author (person)
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- Wallis — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-24** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1781.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2466.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2975.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2025-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 129, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/121cae4e-40cf-43fa-9a19-a98cf205fbdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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