republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "The existing federal 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: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "California SB 302 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95fb0785-1c72-4e96-a28c-36397fbb2b88"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB302"
source_hash: "665273cbe9d0f51fde9552636131465ac47c2c5f21a5adec4451e018b20eee07"
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 SB 302 (20212022) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

The existing federal 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. **02/03/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB302&version=20210SB30299INT)
2. **09/01/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB302&version=20210SB30298AMD)
3. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB302&version=20210SB30296CHP)
4. **SB302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB302)
5. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB302&version=20210SB30297ENR)

## Votes

- SB 302 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Bigelow — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB302 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB302 G.O. — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Bigelow — principal coauthor (person)
- Borgeas — principal coauthor (person)
- Frazier — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-25** Set for hearing March 9.
- **2021-03-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 420.) (March 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2021-03-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 612.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** August 19 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Frazier.
- **2021-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-01** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2898.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2555.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 290, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95fb0785-1c72-4e96-a28c-36397fbb2b88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).