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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 2173

Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

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. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, as defined, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. This bill would ratify the first amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, executed on July 13, 2026. The bill would provide that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions related to this amended compact are not projects for the purposes of CEQA. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 27, 2026
House		AB 2173 Wallis Concurrence - Urgency AddedpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 25, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading AB2173 Wallis By Ochoa Bogh Urgency ClausepassSet your home in California to see
Jun 9, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
May 4, 2026
House		AB 2173 Wallis Consent Calendar Second DaypassSet your home in California to see
Apr 22, 2026
House		Do pass. To Consent Calendar.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 8, 2026
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see

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