---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1092"
citation: "California AB 1092 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e8de85f-54d5-4b9c-bc81-037be921a4a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1092"
source_hash: "08ee511d98134979b6753f6c63c09ecaa63751347829dbc8447910e0376d8c2d"
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 1092 (19992000) — Alcoholic beverages: licenses.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1092&version=19990AB109299INT)
2. **04/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1092&version=19990AB109298AMD)
3. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1092&version=19990AB109297AMD)
4. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1092&version=19990AB109296AMD)
5. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1092&version=19990AB109294CHP)
6. **AB1092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1092)
7. **09/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1092&version=19990AB109295ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1092 LOWENTHAL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1092 Lowenthal By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1092 LOWENTHAL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Aroner — author (person)
- Calderon — author (person)
- Cox — author (person)
- Havice — author (person)
- House — author (person)
- Jackson — author (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Knox — author (person)
- Longville — author (person)
- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 4085.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2958.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 6. Page 2189.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e8de85f-54d5-4b9c-bc81-037be921a4a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).