---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control: public schoolhouses."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages at a public schoolhouse or any grounds thereof. Existing law provides for various exceptions to this prohibition, including an exception where the alcoholic beverage is possessed, consumed, or used during a special event held at the facilities of a public community college, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2073"
citation: "California AB 2073 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage control: public schoolhouses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f43493-565a-46b9-b894-55c703a988af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2073"
source_hash: "f38ade786d1a8d4292288382ab5081ac6fa5c0ad2273fedf0d36fd367c98b253"
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 2073 (20132014) — Alcoholic beverage control: public schoolhouses.

Existing law generally prohibits the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages at a public schoolhouse or any grounds thereof. Existing law provides for various exceptions to this prohibition, including an exception where the alcoholic beverage is possessed, consumed, or used during a special event held at the facilities of a public community college, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2073&version=20130AB207399INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2073&version=20130AB207398AMD)
3. **04/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2073&version=20130AB207397AMD)
4. **08/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2073&version=20130AB207395CHP)
5. **AB2073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2073)
6. **08/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2073&version=20130AB207396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2073 Bigelow By Berryhill — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2073 BIGELOW Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bigelow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4849.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4372.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-08-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 235, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29f43493-565a-46b9-b894-55c703a988af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).