---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages and controlled substances: minors."
description: "Alcoholic beverages and controlled substances: minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2037"
citation: "California AB 2037 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages and controlled substances: minors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-17"
last_action: "2004-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b979e02-7507-42a8-b73b-45d1071e4c64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2037"
source_hash: "68fc7229048558966e3a1c15e3db881e8378949520be64df73b96326e09ee300"
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 2037 (20032004) — Alcoholic beverages and controlled substances: minors.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2037&version=20030AB203799INT)
2. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2037&version=20030AB203798AMD)
3. **08/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2037&version=20030AB203796CHP)
4. **AB2037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2037)
5. **08/09/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2037&version=20030AB203797ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2037 la suer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2037 la suer by hollingsworth — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4835.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5760.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-03-30** In committee: Hearing for testimony only.
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2004-02-17** 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/8b979e02-7507-42a8-b73b-45d1071e4c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).