20250AB__217398AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-19 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-19 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Wallis LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Wallis

An act to amend

Section of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gambling. gambling 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.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>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. </xhtml:p><xhtml:p> 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. </xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. </xhtml:p>"?> MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 19819. (

a) The commission shall establish and maintain a general office for the transaction of its business in Sacramento. The commission may hold meetings at any place within the state when the interests of the public may be better served. (

b) A public record of every vote shall be maintained at the commission’s principal office and posted on the commission’s internet website no later than the close of business of the second business day after the meeting at which the vote was taken. (

c) A majority of the membership of the commission is a quorum of the commission. The concurring vote of three members of the commission shall be required for any official action of the commission or for the exercise of any of the commission’s duties, powers, or functions. (

d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,

Article 9 (commencing with

Section 11120) of

Chapter of Part of Division of Title of the Government Code applies to meetings of the commission. Notwithstanding

Section 11125.1 of the Government Code, documents that are filed with the commission by the department for the purpose of evaluating the qualifications of an applicant are exempt from disclosure under Division 10 (commencing with

Section 7920.000) of Title of the Government Code. <caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'3.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'12012.79.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION">Section 12012.79 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_CB0AF4B5-D3CE-4EBB-BBA7-44BA17D1C418"><caml:Num>12012.79.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_4FE10B5F-698E-4401-A9FA-DA048004730B"><caml:Content><xhtml:p>(a)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C.

Secs. 1166 to 1168, inclusive, and U.S.C.

Sec. 2701 et seq.) between the State of California and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, executed on August 4, 2016, is hereby ratified.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>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):</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(A)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The execution of any amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(B)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The execution of the tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(C)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>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, the tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(D)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The execution of an intergovernmental agreement between a tribe and the Department of Transportation negotiated pursuant to the express authority of, or as expressly referenced in, the tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(E)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The on-reservation impacts of compliance with the terms of the tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(F)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The sale of compact assets, as defined in subdivision (

a) of

Section 63048.6, or the creation of the special purpose trust established pursuant to

Section 63048.65.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(2)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>Except as expressly provided herein, this subdivision does not exempt a city, county, or city and county, or the Department of Transportation, from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection>"?>