James Ramos
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 45
Author
The existing federal 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 tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of 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 Table Mountain Rancheria, executed on November 1, 2023. The bill would provide that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions related to this compact are not projects for purposes of CEQA. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Ordered to second reading.
Withdrawn from committee.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6572.).
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 6396.)
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5550.)
Ordered to third reading.
Withdrawn from committee.
Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Page 5377.)
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2656 | HTML |
| 02/14/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/18/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/22/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/20/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/31/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/20/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 05/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/23/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/26/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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