California AB1579: Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 12012.123 to the Government Code, relating to tribal gaming, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. tribal gaming, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately 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…

From the chaptered text, August 31, 2026:

An act to add Section 12012.123 to the Government Code, relating to tribal gaming, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. tribal gaming, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately 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. 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 amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation executed on June 23, 2026. The bill would provide that, in …

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Sponsors

• James Ramos (D, AD45) · primary sponsor