AB-1389 • 2026

Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Blanca Rubio
Last action: 2026-05-26
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2026.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Tribal Gaming Compact Ratification

AB-1389 ratifies the second amendment to a gaming compact between California and the Yurok Tribe, extending its terms and exempting certain actions from environmental review under CEQA.

What This Bill Does

Ratifies an agreement (compact) between California and the Yurok Tribe that allows the tribe to operate certain types of gambling on their land.
Extends the time period for which this agreement is valid.
Exempts some actions related to the compact from needing a detailed environmental review under CEQA, respecting tribal sovereignty.

Who It Names or Affects

The State of California
The Yurok Tribe

Terms To Know

Tribal sovereignty: The right of a Native American tribe to govern itself without interference from other governments.
CEQA: California Environmental Quality Act, which requires government agencies to consider the environmental effects of their actions.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify exactly what actions are exempt from CEQA.
It only affects the Yurok Tribe and does not mention other tribes or gaming compacts in California.

Bill History

2026-05-26 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2026.
2026-05-26 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2026-05-13 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2026-05-07 California Legislative Information
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4956.).
2026-04-13 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-04-13 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).
2026-03-26 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
Ordered to second reading.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
Withdrawn from committee.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-03-24 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-02-26 California Legislative Information
Ordered to second reading.
2026-02-26 California Legislative Information
From inactive file.
2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Padilla.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
From Consent Calendar.
2025-07-09 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8).
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1120.)
2025-04-07 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-04-03 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 2).
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1389, Blanca Rubio.
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
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 second amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California, executed on December 18, 2025, to extend the terms of the tribal-state gaming compact. 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.

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