--- type: "Bill" title: "Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising." description: "Existing law authorizes the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of specified facilities." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 557" citation: "California SB 557 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hall"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2015-02-26" last_action: "2015-10-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a6a944-8c5a-47c0-b086-27486e731ba8" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB557" source_hash: "69b5a1bc39068ed7cf2e98b2c9f3c6b59ab1b9db7f834ca293296697b3591075" 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 557 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising. Existing law authorizes the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of specified facilities. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB557&version=20150SB55799INT) 2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB557&version=20150SB55798AMD) 3. **06/29/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB557&version=20150SB55797AMD) 4. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB557&version=20150SB55796AMD) 5. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB557&version=20150SB55794CHP) 6. **SB557** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB557) 7. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB557&version=20150SB55795ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB557 Hall Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 557 Hall Senate Third Reading By GRAY — **80–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hall — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29. - **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-16** Set for hearing April 28. - **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11. - **2015-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 960.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1062.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia. - **2015-08-27** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-01** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2846.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2563.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m. - **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 420, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a6a944-8c5a-47c0-b086-27486e731ba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).