---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters."
description: "Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 23"
citation: "California AB 23 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2008-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99d4e39a-a19e-4e43-9483-fabcec05868b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23"
source_hash: "aea48ae3b2d46263a06c3ec95f82e6dde78312c1e2e89156d4d17906d816ae4a"
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 23 (20072008) — Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23&version=20070AB2399INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23&version=20070AB2397AMD)
3. **01/16/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23&version=20070AB2396AMD)
4. **03/14/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23&version=20070AB2398AMD)
5. **05/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23&version=20070AB2395AMD)
6. **05/08/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23&version=20070AB2394AMD)
7. **06/02/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23&version=20070AB2392CHP)
8. **AB23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23)
9. **05/29/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23&version=20070AB2393ENR)

## Votes

- AB 23 MA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 23 MA Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB23 Ma Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2006-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-01-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 14. Page 3809.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-03-25** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2008-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-07** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** 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`
- **2008-05-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3863.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-05-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 5473.)
- **2008-05-29** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 29). `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-29** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5562.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:10 p.m.
- **2008-06-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 18, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99d4e39a-a19e-4e43-9483-fabcec05868b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).