---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising."
description: "Existing law generally restricts certain alcoholic beverage licensees, including manufacturers and winegrowers, from paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer for advertising in connection with the advertising and sale of alcoholic beverages. Existing law expressly authorizes a beer manufacturer, holder of a winegrower's license, winegrower's agent, holder of an importer's general license, distilled spirits manufacturer, holder of a distilled spirits rectifier's general license, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent to sponsor events promoted by or purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, a live entertainment marketing company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a live entertainment company that has its principal place of business in the County of Los Angeles, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1320"
citation: "California AB 1320 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe51d9b0-ba04-4f2a-a376-67aaf1e25655"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320"
source_hash: "617350af2ec3ca08d4c26448bebdd443ed594d4292c571fddbd26d2452209c42"
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 1320 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising.

Existing law generally restricts certain alcoholic beverage licensees, including manufacturers and winegrowers, from paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer for advertising in connection with the advertising and sale of alcoholic beverages. Existing law expressly authorizes a beer manufacturer, holder of a winegrower's license, winegrower's agent, holder of an importer's general license, distilled spirits manufacturer, holder of a distilled spirits rectifier's general license, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent to sponsor events promoted by or purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, a live entertainment marketing company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a live entertainment company that has its principal place of business in the County of Los Angeles, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320&version=20150AB132099INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320&version=20150AB132098AMD)
3. **04/28/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320&version=20150AB132097AMD)
4. **05/13/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320&version=20150AB132096AMD)
5. **08/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320&version=20150AB132095AMD)
6. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320&version=20150AB132094AMD)
7. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320&version=20150AB132092CHP)
8. **AB1320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320)
9. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1320&version=20150AB132093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1320 Maienschein By Wolk Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1320 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1320 MAIENSCHEIN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1320 Maienschein By Wolk Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1134.)
- **2015-04-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1596.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2155.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2015-08-31** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2015-09-04** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2634.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3069.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 527, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe51d9b0-ba04-4f2a-a376-67aaf1e25655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).