---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses."
description: "Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The act provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1670"
citation: "California AB 1670 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-01-15"
last_action: "2016-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdd4413c-836c-4dd2-8466-3194ea0a0960"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1670"
source_hash: "a62b9f2dd0167a39fd6c2030a4febd7cc6b88dcd8327160b7f74e5f72285fd72"
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 1670 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverages: licenses.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The act provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1670&version=20150AB167099INT)
2. **06/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1670&version=20150AB167098AMD)
3. **08/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1670&version=20150AB167097AMD)
4. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1670&version=20150AB167095CHP)
5. **AB1670** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1670)
6. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1670&version=20150AB167096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1670 DODD Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1670 DODD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1670 Dodd By McGuire — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4593.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4973.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6027.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdd4413c-836c-4dd2-8466-3194ea0a0960`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).