California SB1235: Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 12012.122 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, September 14, 2026:

An act to add Section 12012.122 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 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 5th amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California, the tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California …

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Sponsors

• Susan Rubio (D, SD22) · primary sponsor
• Blanca Rubio (D, AD48)
• Megan Dahle (R, SD01)
• Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R, SD19)
• Laura Richardson (D, SD35)
• Kelly Seyarto (R, SD32)
• Suzette Martinez Valladares (R, SD23)
• James Ramos (D, AD45)

Latest actions

1. September 14, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 230, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 14, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 3, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. August 27, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6011.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. August 27, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
6. August 27, 2026: Urgency clause adopted.
7. August 26, 2026: Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6614.) Ordered to the Senate.
8. August 26, 2026: In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
9. August 26, 2026: Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
10. August 18, 2026: Read third time and amended.

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB1235 Rubio et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence (August 27, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• SB 1235 Rubio Third Reading Urgency By Blanca Rubio (August 26, 2026): 79 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 24, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 10, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB1235 G.O. (Rubio) (April 16, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (March 24, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB1235?

SB1235 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

What does SB1235 do?

In its own words: An act to add Section 12012.122 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…

What is the status of SB1235?

Chaptered as of September 14, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 230, Statutes of 2026. (September 14, 2026).

Who sponsored SB1235?

Susan Rubio (D, SD22), with 7 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB1235?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1235