republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-787.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal-state gaming compacts."
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 ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts between the State of California and specified Indian tribes, including the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, executed on August 23, 2004."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 787"
citation: "California AB 787 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal-state gaming compacts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/301e2c7d-8cac-4669-a68c-afdc8358434c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787"
source_hash: "08eb403548df4fe2a19e761ba706a3d25d379d3dbaa56c74dd288937fc7f32a7"
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 787 (20112012) — Tribal-state gaming compacts.

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 ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts between the State of California and specified Indian tribes, including the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, executed on August 23, 2004.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787&version=20110AB78799INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787&version=20110AB78798AMD)
3. **07/06/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787&version=20110AB78797AMD)
4. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787&version=20110AB78796AMD)
5. **08/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787&version=20110AB78795AMD)
6. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787&version=20110AB78793CHP)
7. **AB787** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787)
8. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787&version=20110AB78794ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB787 Chesbro By Wright Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 787 CHESBRO Concurrence - Urgency Added — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 787 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P. & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1451.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-08** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-21** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4752.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-27** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6378.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 340, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/301e2c7d-8cac-4669-a68c-afdc8358434c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).