---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: possession: Lower American River."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: possession: Lower American River."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 951"
citation: "California AB 951 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: possession: Lower American River."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9571f723-0f30-4c0c-b002-82a62bea19d2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB951"
source_hash: "23a7049d01f6c384e52634f4679165e52e0595636fd9f32fbb47aaea238cb82d"
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 951 (20072008) — Alcoholic beverages: possession: Lower American River.

## 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=200720080AB951&version=20070AB95199INT)
2. **05/23/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB951&version=20070AB95198AMD)
3. **06/28/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB951&version=20070AB95196CHP)
4. **AB951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB951)
5. **06/21/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB951&version=20070AB95197ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB951 Jones Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 951 JONES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 951 JONES Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — author (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — principal coauthor (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 Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 8. Page 1355.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-24** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-06-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 2217.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2007-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 19, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9571f723-0f30-4c0c-b002-82a62bea19d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).