CA AB 1389
enactedTribal gaming: compact ratification.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 1389 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1389 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-26): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1389 about?
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 second amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California, executed on December 18, 2025, to extend the terms of the tribal-state gaming compact. 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.
Who sponsors CA AB 1389?
Blanca Rubio is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1389.
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. 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 second amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California, executed on December 18, 2025, to extend the terms of the tribal-state gaming compact. 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.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2026-05-26 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Blanca Rubioauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-05-26
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-05-13
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
executive-receipt
2026-05-07
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4956.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-04-13
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-04-13
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3836.).
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-03-26
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-03-25
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
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2026-03-25
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-03-25
Ordered to second reading.
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2026-03-24
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-03-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-02-26
From inactive file.
2026-02-26
Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-11
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Padilla.
2025-07-10
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-07-10
From Consent Calendar.
2025-07-09
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8).
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2025-05-07
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-04-10
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1120.)
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2025-04-07
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 2).
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2025-03-13
Referred to Com. on G.O.
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2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
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Votes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-04-02 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Davies: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ta: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Fong: yes
- Gipson: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Solache: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Berman: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Soria: yes
- Carrillo: other
AB 1389 Blanca Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-04-10 · pass · 67-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Wilson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Krell: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Davies: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Flora: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Bains: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Solache: yes
- Haney: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Patel: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Fong: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ta: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Lee: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Chen: other
- Jackson: other
- Gallagher: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Garcia: other
- Carrillo: other
- Papan: other
- Calderon: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Hoover: other
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2025-07-08 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Jones: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
3rd Reading AB1389 Blanca Rubio By Rubio Urgency Clause
2026-04-13 · pass · 36-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Grove: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Allen: yes
- Jones: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Stern: yes
- Becker: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Laird: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Valladares: other
- McGuire: other
AB 1389 Blanca Rubio Concurrence - Urgency Added
2026-05-07 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Fong: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Patel: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Davies: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Haney: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ward: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ta: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Solache: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gallagher: other
- Hoover: other
- Wicks: other
- Chen: other
- Hart: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Arambula: other
- Wallis: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Flora: other
- Bains: other
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