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+type: "Bill"
+title: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: beer manufacturers: containers."
+description: "(1) Existing law defines a \"beer manufacturer\" as any person engaged in the manufacture of beer, and requires a license or permit to manufacture beer, unless the beer is manufactured for personal or family use under specified conditions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "AB 647"
+citation: "California AB 647 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: beer manufacturers: containers."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2013-02-21"
+last_action: "2013-10-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b4a71d0-9a23-4261-9dcd-9ace077095bc"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647"
+source_hash: "d0d0c7c2d72b68fc0303653353ea9719d494e102950fa9590706a7dc6e49ade1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 647 (20132014) — The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: beer manufacturers: containers.
+
+(1) Existing law defines a "beer manufacturer" as any person engaged in the manufacture of beer, and requires a license or permit to manufacture beer, unless the beer is manufactured for personal or family use under specified conditions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647&version=20130AB64799INT)
+2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647&version=20130AB64798AMD)
+3. **04/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647&version=20130AB64797AMD)
+4. **06/05/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647&version=20130AB64796AMD)
+5. **06/26/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647&version=20130AB64795AMD)
+6. **08/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647&version=20130AB64794AMD)
+7. **10/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647&version=20130AB64792CHP)
+8. **AB647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647)
+9. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB647&version=20130AB64793ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 647 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB647 Chesbro By Knight — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 647 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chesbro — primary (person)
+- Knight — principal coauthor (person)
+- Padilla — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
+- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1342.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2013-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1982.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2013-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2778.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2013-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2013-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 686, Statutes of 2013.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b4a71d0-9a23-4261-9dcd-9ace077095bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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