---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: returns."
description: "Under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, a seller may accept the return of beer from a retailer only if the beer is returned in exchange for the identical quantity and brand of beer. Existing law provides exceptions to that provision, including an exception that permits a seller to accept the return of beer from a seasonal or temporary licensee and an exception that allows a seller of beer to accept the return of recalled beer, and either exchange the beer or credit the retailer, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1393"
citation: "California SB 1393 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: returns."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f213fe1a-ab0d-483f-a4fc-a35fcd006e5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1393"
source_hash: "118a2694333b111faf2b617a5771097811d0bdfb76006dbcd050382770279e60"
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 SB 1393 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: returns.

Under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, a seller may accept the return of beer from a retailer only if the beer is returned in exchange for the identical quantity and brand of beer. Existing law provides exceptions to that provision, including an exception that permits a seller to accept the return of beer from a seasonal or temporary licensee and an exception that allows a seller of beer to accept the return of recalled beer, and either exchange the beer or credit the retailer, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1393&version=20110SB139399INT)
2. **06/28/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1393&version=20110SB139398AMD)
3. **07/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1393&version=20110SB139396CHP)
4. **SB1393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1393)
5. **07/09/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1393&version=20110SB139397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1393 Negrete McLeod — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1393 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading By HALL — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #15 SB1393 Negrete McLeod — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3104.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3164.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** From consent calendar.
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-06-28** Read third time and amended. (Page 5527.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5561.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-07-05** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4319.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2012-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f213fe1a-ab0d-483f-a4fc-a35fcd006e5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).