republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1378.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 tribal-state gaming 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: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1378"
citation: "California AB 1378 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8fc398b-5d2e-42ab-9dfe-7cb82a6710e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1378"
source_hash: "458268e4fdd9eb32f5751011a720845aaadb4abab63742d29eb9d41d2e5b7183"
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 1378 (20172018) — 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 tribal-state gaming 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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1378&version=20170AB137899INT)
2. **08/31/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1378&version=20170AB137898AMD)
3. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1378&version=20170AB137896CHP)
4. **AB1378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1378)
5. **09/11/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1378&version=20170AB137897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1378 Gray By Lara Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1378 GRAY Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1378 GRAY Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1491.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** From Consent Calendar.
- **2017-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-31** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-09-01** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-09-01** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2499.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-08** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3068.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 450, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8fc398b-5d2e-42ab-9dfe-7cb82a6710e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).