republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-771.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 those compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 771"
citation: "California SB 771 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming", "compact ratification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/899255fb-90f8-46bf-bf98-4779b214fede"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771"
source_hash: "504d1438763e357295c330f1fd47990c1d094d32fabe84c41eb61d56eb567abf"
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 771 (20232024) — 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 those compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to 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. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771&version=20230SB77199INT)
2. **08/31/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771&version=20230SB77198AMD)
3. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771&version=20230SB77196CHP)
4. **SB771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771)
5. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771&version=20230SB77197ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB771 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 771 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Ramos — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB771 G.O. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 873.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 963.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-19** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2023-06-19** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2023-08-24** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Bryan.
- **2023-08-28** From inactive file.
- **2023-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-31** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3145.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-12** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2680.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 888, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/899255fb-90f8-46bf-bf98-4779b214fede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).