AB-2173 • 2026

Gambling Control Act.

Children Elections

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Wallis
Last action: 2026-04-23
Official status: Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on updates or minor changes to existing tribal gaming agreements beyond stating that the bill makes technical, nonsubstantive changes. Therefore, these claims were removed as unsupported by the provided text.

Gambling Control Act

The Gambling Control Act requires the California Gambling Control Commission to post voting records online and makes minor changes to existing tribal gaming agreements.

What This Bill Does

Requires the California Gambling Control Commission to put voting records on their website within two business days after a meeting.

Who It Names or Affects

The California Gambling Control Commission

Terms To Know

Gambling Control Act: A law that sets rules for gambling in California, including licensing and regulation.
Tribal-state gaming compact: An agreement between a state government and an Indian tribe about what kinds of gambling can happen on tribal lands.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how the voting records will be formatted or presented online.
It is unclear if this change will affect other tribes besides the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.

Bill History

2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2026-04-22 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22).
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
From 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.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2173, as amended, Wallis.
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Gambling Control Act.
Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, which is responsible for licensing and regulating various gambling activities and establishments. Existing law requires the commission to maintain a public record of every vote at its principal office.
This bill would additionally require the commission to post a public record of every vote on the commission’s internet website no later than the close of business on the 2nd business day after the meeting at which the vote was taken.
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 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.
Existing law ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, executed on August 4, 2016, and provides that in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions are not projects for the purposes of CEQA.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

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