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CA AB 2173

enacted

Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2173 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2173 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-15): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2173 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 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.

Who sponsors CA AB 2173?

Wallis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2173.

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 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.

Introduced
2026-03-19
Latest action
2026-09-15 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wallisauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-15

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-15

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-14

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2026.

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  4. 2026-09-14

    Approved by the Governor.

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  5. 2026-09-04

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

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  6. 2026-08-27

    Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).

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  7. 2026-08-27

    Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6752.).

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  8. 2026-08-25

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  9. 2026-08-25

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

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  10. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-08-20

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  12. 2026-08-20

    From inactive file.

  13. 2026-08-20

    Ordered to second reading.

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  14. 2026-06-25

    From Consent Calendar.

  15. 2026-06-25

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ochoa Bogh.

  16. 2026-06-23

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  17. 2026-06-22

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  18. 2026-06-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2026-05-13

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  20. 2026-05-05

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

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  21. 2026-05-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4917.)

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  22. 2026-04-23

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  23. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  24. 2026-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  25. 2026-03-23

    Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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  26. 2026-03-19

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.

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  27. 2026-03-19

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  28. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  29. 2026-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
  • 08/20/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-20Compare
  • 09/01/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-01Compare
  • 09/14/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-14Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB2173Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-08 · pass · 22-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-04-22 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Calderon: other

  • AB 2173 Wallis Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-04 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Arambula: other
    • Chen: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Flora: other
    • Caloza: other
    • Wilson: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-09 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • Hurtado: other

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