Gambling-Related Legislation Chaptered in 2019
GAMBLING CONTROL ACT / CARDROOMS
AB 649 (Cristina Garcia, Chapter 432, Statutes of 2019) Gambling Control Act.
This bill permits a person who is 18 through 20 years of age to work in a gambling establishment without a work permit, but only in job classifications that do not involve working on the gaming floor or on other restricted access areas, as specified, and that are not involved in the play of a controlled game, as specified. The bill requires an employee who is 18 through 20 years of age to wear a chest-level badge on their outermost garment stating the person is under 21 years of age, as specified. The bill also makes other conforming changes.
OTHER GAMING
AB 1294 (Salas, Chapter 268, Statutes of 2019) Criminal profiteering.
The California Control of Profits of Organized Crime Act provides the procedure for the forfeiture of property and proceeds acquired through a pattern of criminal profiteering activity, as specified. Under current law, criminal profiteering activity is defined as certain acts or threats made for financial gain or advantage that may be charged as specified crimes, including, among others, gambling. This bill includes specified crimes within the definition of gambling for the purposes of these provisions.
TRIBAL
AB 753 (Eduardo Garcia, Chapter 683, Statutes of 2019) Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
This bill ratifies a specified amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, executed on August 21, 2019. The bill provides that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions are not projects for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
This bill ratifies the amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Susanville Indian Rancheria, executed on October 19, 2018. The bill provides that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
SB 674 (McGuire, Chapter 706, Statutes of 2019) Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
This bill ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Hoopa Valley Tribe, executed on October 19, 2018. The bill provides that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions related to this compact are not projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
