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CA SB 1235

enacted

Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 1235 pass?

Yes. CA SB 1235 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-14): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 230, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 1235 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 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 and the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, and the first amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Pechanga Band of Indians. 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 SB 1235?

Committee on Governmental Organization, Rubio are the primary sponsors of CA SB 1235, joined by 7 cosponsors.

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 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 and the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, and the first amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Pechanga Band of Indians. 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
2026-02-19
Latest action
2026-09-14 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 230, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Governmental Organizationauthor
  • Rubioauthor
  • Blanca Rubioprincipal coauthor
  • Dahlecoauthor
  • Ochoa Boghcoauthor
  • Richardsoncoauthor
  • Seyartocoauthor
  • Valladarescoauthor
  • Ramoscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-14

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 230, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-14

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

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

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  4. 2026-08-27

    Urgency clause adopted.

  5. 2026-08-27

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  6. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  7. 2026-08-26

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6614.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2026-08-18

    Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-18

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2026-08-17

    Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-17

    From inactive file.

  13. 2026-08-13

    Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  14. 2026-06-29

    Ordered to inactive file.

  15. 2026-06-29

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  16. 2026-06-25

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  17. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24).

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  18. 2026-06-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2026-05-04

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  20. 2026-04-16

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  21. 2026-04-16

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3921.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  22. 2026-04-14

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  23. 2026-04-13

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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  24. 2026-03-27

    Set for hearing April 13.

  25. 2026-03-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3658.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  26. 2026-03-09

    Set for hearing March 24.

  27. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  28. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  29. 2026-02-19

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 08/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-18Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/14/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-14Compare
  • SB1235Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 14-0

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

  • Consent Calendar 2nd SB1235 G.O.

    2026-04-16 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Niello: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Menjivar: other
    • Seyarto: other

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

    2026-06-10 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (21)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Carrillo: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Valencia: other

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-06-24 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Wicks: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Krell: yes

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