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 864 (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.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Padilla — primary (person)
Archuleta — coauthor (person)
Ashby — coauthor (person)
Hurtado — coauthor (person)
Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
Richardson — coauthor (person)
Wahab — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-03-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-03-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 20.
2025-04-02 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 831.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1052.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-08 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-05-19 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2025-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-07-10 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
2025-07-10 Ordered to inactive file.
2025-08-18 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
2025-08-19 From inactive file.
2025-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3068.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11 Urgency clause adopted.
2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2877.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 244, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e0317e6-26e5-48ba-bb0e-db51e8cadd2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).