---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages."
description: "Alcoholic beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1245"
citation: "California AB 1245 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torrico"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb2cde43-fea5-4e31-a0d5-454ec46aca2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245"
source_hash: "61dcaf8f96f94d0e974700a3a86e6dd6e2e7550079f855300342866e6e1fe0ce"
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 1245 (20072008) — Alcoholic beverages.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245&version=20070AB124599INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245&version=20070AB124598AMD)
3. **05/23/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245&version=20070AB124597AMD)
4. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245&version=20070AB124596AMD)
5. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245&version=20070AB124595AMD)
6. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245&version=20070AB124594AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245&version=20070AB124592CHP)
8. **AB1245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245)
9. **09/11/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1245&version=20070AB124593ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1245 Torrico By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1245 TORRICO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1245 Torrico By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1245 TORRICO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torrico — primary (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3838.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 4886.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6339.)
- **2008-08-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-14** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-14** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2008-08-14** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2008-08-18** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 5. Page 5355.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 7064.)
- **2008-08-30** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 8. Page 7113.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 629, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb2cde43-fea5-4e31-a0d5-454ec46aca2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).