California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1540 — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 26, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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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 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 tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians, executed on August 26, 2015. The bill would provide that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions are not projects for the purposes of CEQA. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2863.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2859.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2410.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Ordered to second reading.

  12. From inactive file.

  13. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hill.

  14. From Consent Calendar.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  16. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29).

  17. Referred to Com. on G.O.

  18. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  19. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1453.)

  20. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  21. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 6).

  22. Referred to Com. on G.O.

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee April 26.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Gray · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Gray

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1540 GRAY Concurrence - Urgency Added

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Not Voting
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1540 Gray By Jackson Urgency Clause

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Democratic 3000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Roth — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1540 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Kim — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chang — Yea
Cooley — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Maienschein — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Not Voting
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17003
Democratic 1000
Total 18003
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Perea — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Wilk — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1540 do?
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 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 tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians, executed on August 26, 2015. The bill would provide that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions are not projects for the purposes of CEQA. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 1540?
AB 1540 is sponsored by Gray.
What is the current status of AB 1540?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 26, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1540?
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