republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-517.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "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 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: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 517"
citation: "California AB 517 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2012-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be031a88-5ec9-4b10-ad8d-8b1900e39424"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517"
source_hash: "573ac2eed46035338e2c678169fdc407d5592a5cd638520a6e4855fd9bcd39f1"
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 517 (20112012) — 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 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. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517&version=20110AB51799INT)
2. **04/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517&version=20110AB51798AMD)
3. **05/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517&version=20110AB51796CHP)
4. **AB517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517)
5. **05/14/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517&version=20110AB51797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 517 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 517 HALL Concurrence - Urgency Added — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB517 Hall By Leno Urgency Clause — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1177.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-18** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Negrete McLeod.
- **2012-04-19** From inactive file.
- **2012-04-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 3425.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-05-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 4763.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-05-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-05-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be031a88-5ec9-4b10-ad8d-8b1900e39424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).