republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3276.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "The existing federal 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 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: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3276"
citation: "California AB 3276 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming", "compact ratification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a75fe23-530d-4fd7-a9bf-d787c671a49e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3276"
source_hash: "e7d8d05031f47a47cfeec87b1d127595ad393f03135796cc5189c3d71694d025"
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 3276 (20232024) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

The existing federal 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 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. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3276&version=20230AB327699INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3276&version=20230AB327698AMD)
3. **06/12/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3276&version=20230AB327697AMD)
4. **08/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3276&version=20230AB327696AMD)
5. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3276&version=20230AB327694CHP)
6. **AB3276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3276)
7. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3276&version=20230AB327695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3276 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3276 Ramos By Hurtado Urgency Clause — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3276 Ramos Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-21** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4775.)
- **2024-04-15** (Pending re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D.)
- **2024-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-27** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-13** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2024-08-13** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5271.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-26** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6571.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a75fe23-530d-4fd7-a9bf-d787c671a49e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).