Tribal gaming: compact and amendment 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.
California SB 49 (20252026) — Tribal gaming: compact and amendment 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 49 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Tangipa — 73–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB49 Grove et al. Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Grove — primary (person)
Tangipa — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-12-16 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2024-12-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.
2025-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
2025-02-19 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-02-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-02-25 Withdrawn from committee.
2025-02-25 Ordered to second reading.
2025-02-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-17 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 385.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-03-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-05-08 Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-19 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1611.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-20 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-05-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-05-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-05-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/402ceb5a-abfb-4c4d-9b6d-76afb02f9193. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).