---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: winegrowers: licenses."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: winegrowers: licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2004"
citation: "California AB 2004 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: winegrowers: licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6725715-b23d-4e4f-b7cd-f729b7c65d82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2004"
source_hash: "d0e263939d2f585c7ad53c029b7152def1ca422216bce87c655ac3db6e94ee88"
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 2004 (20072008) — Alcoholic beverages: winegrowers: licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2004&version=20070AB200499INT)
2. **03/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2004&version=20070AB200498AMD)
3. **06/24/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2004&version=20070AB200497AMD)
4. **07/16/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2004&version=20070AB200495CHP)
5. **AB2004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2004)
6. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2004&version=20070AB200496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2004 Evans — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2004 EVANS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2004 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **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 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** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5149.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations 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 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4462.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5929.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6725715-b23d-4e4f-b7cd-f729b7c65d82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).