---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: advertising."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 776"
citation: "California AB 776 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: advertising."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aghazarian"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/600ee5c8-b80d-41bc-9b8b-960ecddc2b84"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776"
source_hash: "ade676a386302c018a6a18d091ea43511664e260bda7e4fdc140be8a54df9e6c"
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 776 (20072008) — Alcoholic beverages: advertising.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77699INT)
2. **03/27/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77698AMD)
3. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77697AMD)
4. **05/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77696AMD)
5. **06/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77695AMD)
6. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77694AMD)
7. **07/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77693AMD)
8. **09/21/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77691CHP)
9. **AB776** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776)
10. **09/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB776&version=20070AB77692ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #16 AB776 Aghazarian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 776 AGHAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Governmental Organization. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 776 AGHAZARIAN Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aghazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1534.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-31** 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`
- **2007-06-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2176.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2873.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2007-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 221, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/600ee5c8-b80d-41bc-9b8b-960ecddc2b84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).