republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-122.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 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 compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 122"
citation: "California AB 122 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-01-15"
last_action: "2010-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0487d86-e63e-4c25-b84d-25bdc32d4199"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122"
source_hash: "b108807fcc3e576a2a9a005f4c418ca19e06bbdbad4851dc034c35fea10c1fe8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 122 (20092010) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 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 compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of 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.

1. **01/15/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122&version=20090AB12299INT)
2. **02/09/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122&version=20090AB12292CHP)
3. **03/17/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122&version=20090AB12298AMD)
4. **03/24/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122&version=20090AB12297AMD)
5. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122&version=20090AB12296AMD)
6. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122&version=20090AB12295AMD)
7. **09/10/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122&version=20090AB12294AMD)
8. **AB122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122)
9. **01/27/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB122&version=20090AB12293ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB122 Coto Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 122 COTO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 122 COTO Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coto — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 24. Page 2029.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-09-10** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-09-10** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-09-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-12-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2009-12-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 2606.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after January 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-01-25** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 63. Noes 2. Page 3859.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-01-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:50 a.m.
- **2010-02-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-02-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 3, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0487d86-e63e-4c25-b84d-25bdc32d4199`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).