---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: permits: winegrowers."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: permits: winegrowers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2520"
citation: "California AB 2520 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: permits: winegrowers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9dbc1fd-6738-4b21-8ccc-0cba3ae97564"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2520"
source_hash: "1829b84cfce94a351300d88b4be605a33cb6ceb8a3177e6b7e1cc9f61744b1d8"
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 2520 (19992000) — Alcoholic beverages: permits: winegrowers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2520&version=19990AB252099INT)
2. **04/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2520&version=19990AB252098AMD)
3. **05/01/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2520&version=19990AB252097AMD)
4. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2520&version=19990AB252096AMD)
5. **09/11/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2520&version=19990AB252094CHP)
6. **AB2520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2520)
7. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2520&version=19990AB252095ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2520 Thomson Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2520 THOMSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2520 THOMSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 384, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 8299.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 5959.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-27** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6445.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 24). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** 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`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-24** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/a9dbc1fd-6738-4b21-8ccc-0cba3ae97564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).