---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1964"
citation: "California AB 1964 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f43d351-bed1-4760-a5bc-c808cb399e11"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1964"
source_hash: "fe88890a01428ef03d62485dc9b22f80d630919db8a0e73b5c46299908ee2d99"
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 1964 (20072008) — Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1964&version=20070AB196499INT)
2. **03/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1964&version=20070AB196498AMD)
3. **07/08/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1964&version=20070AB196496CHP)
4. **AB1964** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1964)
5. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1964&version=20070AB196497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #30 AB1964 Evans — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1964 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** 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`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5058.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4458.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 71, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f43d351-bed1-4760-a5bc-c808cb399e11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).