CA AB 2539

enacted

Tribal-state gaming: compact ratification.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2539 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2539 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-15): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2539 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 tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California, executed on August 4, 2026. The bill would provide that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions related to this 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 2539?

Ramos is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2539.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-09-15 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

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2026-09-15
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-15
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-09-14
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-14
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-04
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-27
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
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2026-08-27
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
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2026-08-27
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-27
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6739.).
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2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-20
Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-20
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-08-20
From inactive file.
2026-06-11
From Consent Calendar.
2026-06-11
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Rubio.
2026-06-10
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 9).
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2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on G.O.
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2026-04-16
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-04-16
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4683.)
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2026-04-13
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-04-09
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8).
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2026-03-09
Referred to Com. on G.O.
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2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Votes

Do pass. 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
AB 2539 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-04-16 · pass · 68-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Patel: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ta: yes
- Lee: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Haney: yes
- Wilson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Davies: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bains: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Flora: other
- Berman: other
- Hart: other
- Papan: other
- Arambula: other
- Dixon: other
- Bonta: other
- Schiavo: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Irwin: other
- Hoover: other
- Harabedian: other
Do pass and be ordered to the 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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