CaliforniaCalifornia ratifies Agua Caliente gaming compact amendment
California ratified an amendment to the Agua Caliente Band’s gaming compact and excluded specified compact-related actions from state environmental review.
What it does
California ratified the first amendment to the Agua Caliente Band’s gaming compact, executed on July 13, 2026.
Specified steps to carry out the amended compact, including related agreements with governments and on-reservation impacts, are not CEQA projects. Other CEQA requirements remain in place.
Argument forImmediate ratification may give the tribe and state quicker certainty about the amended compact and support its implementation.
Argument againstExcluding covered compact actions from CEQA review may limit environmental review of those actions, though other CEQA requirements still apply.
More detail
California ratified the first amendment to the gaming compact with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. The amendment was executed by California and the Agua Caliente Band on July 13, 2026. The act took effect immediately upon approval on September 14, 2026.
Specified compact-related actions and on-reservation impacts are not treated as projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the state's environmental review law. The actions must be related to the amended compact ratified by this act. The exception covers execution of the compact amendment or amended compact, related intergovernmental agreements with local or state agencies, and on-reservation impacts of complying with the amended compact. Other CEQA requirements for cities, counties, state agencies, and local governments remain in place. This rule took effect immediately on September 14, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 14Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 14Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 4Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 27Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6752.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2173 Wallis Concurrence - Urgency Added. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB2173 Wallis By Ochoa Bogh Urgency Clause. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 25Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).Passed Senate
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 20Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Aug 20Ordered to second reading.Minor
- Aug 20From inactive file.
- Jun 25Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ochoa Bogh.
- Jun 25From Consent Calendar.
- Jun 23Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jun 22From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jun 9From 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.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 13Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- May 5In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 4Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4917.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 2173 Wallis Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 23Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 9From 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.Minor
- Apr 8
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 23Re-referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- Mar 19From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 19Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Feb 19Read first time. To print.Introduced
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