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Measure AB 1527
Authors Soria  
Principle Coauthors: Blanca Rubio  
Subject Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Relating To relating to tribal gaming.
Title An act to add Section 12012.119 to the Government Code, relating to tribal gaming, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-01
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Two Thirds
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency Yes
Tax Levy No
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2025-10-01     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-01     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 202, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-23     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-11     Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3332.).
2025-09-10     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2795.).
2025-09-10     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-26     Withdrawn from committee.
2025-08-26     Ordered to second reading.
2025-06-23     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-05-14     Referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-05-01     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1388.)
2025-05-01     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-28     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-04-24     From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 23).
2025-03-24     Referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-03-19     From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
2025-03-18     Read first time. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-01
Enrolled     2025-09-15
Amended Senate     2025-06-23
Introduced     2025-03-18
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			<html:p>This bill would ratify the amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California. 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.</html:p>
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								The fourth amendment between the State of California and the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California, executed on June 4, 2025, entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Secs. 1166 to 1168, inclusive, and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.), is hereby ratified.
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								(1)   In deference to tribal sovereignty, none of the following shall be deemed a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code):
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								The execution of a tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.
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								The execution of an amended tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.
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								The execution of an intergovernmental agreement between a tribe and a county or city government negotiated pursuant to the express authority of, or as expressly referenced in, a tribal-state gaming compact or amended compact ratified by this section.
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								The execution of an intergovernmental agreement between a tribe and the Department of Transportation, or other state agency, negotiated pursuant to the express authority of, or as expressly referenced in, a tribal-state gaming compact or amended compact ratified by this section.
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								The on-reservation impacts of compliance with the terms of a tribal-state gaming compact or amended compact ratified by this section.
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								Except as expressly provided in this section, this subdivision does not exempt a city, county, or city and county, or the Department of Transportation, or any state agency or local jurisdiction, from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.
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Last Version Text Digest 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 amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California. 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.