---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages."
description: "(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act requires the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board to establish a surcharge of up to 3 percent of the annual license fees imposed under the act to pay for the board's administrative costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 937"
citation: "California SB 937 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-03-21"
last_action: "2012-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f540a229-0a85-42eb-8bee-0ff0ec9376e2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937"
source_hash: "1380c85923a07a3c7653e3bd1f13f21c53c1431f597b942f08a05a7bae5f0167"
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 937 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverages.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act requires the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board to establish a surcharge of up to 3 percent of the annual license fees imposed under the act to pay for the board's administrative costs.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/21/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937&version=20110SB93799INT)
2. **02/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937&version=20110SB93797AMD)
3. **06/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937&version=20110SB93796AMD)
4. **07/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937&version=20110SB93798AMD)
5. **08/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937&version=20110SB93795AMD)
6. **09/14/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937&version=20110SB93793CHP)
7. **SB937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937)
8. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB937&version=20110SB93794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 937 G.O. Senate Third Reading By HALL — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB937 Committee on G.O. (Wright) Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB937 Committee on G.O. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-03-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 21.
- **2011-03-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 931.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 988.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-07-07** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-16** Read third time and amended. (Page 5952.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6024.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4686.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 327, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f540a229-0a85-42eb-8bee-0ff0ec9376e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).