---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control: licenses: fees."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control: licenses: fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1298"
citation: "California AB 1298 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage control: licenses: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94556f24-40b6-48af-959e-8b8e263b4adc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298"
source_hash: "795161fc9492676f21f6e5c13a1aac92e64ba0d38f11f402d10cb5c23228daf4"
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 1298 (20012002) — Alcoholic beverage control: licenses: fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298&version=20010AB129899INT)
2. **05/29/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298&version=20010AB129898AMD)
3. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298&version=20010AB129897AMD)
4. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298&version=20010AB129896AMD)
5. **08/22/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298&version=20010AB129895AMD)
6. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298&version=20010AB129894AMD)
7. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298&version=20010AB129892CHP)
8. **AB1298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298)
9. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1298&version=20010AB129893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1298 Wesson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1298 Wesson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1298 Wesson By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)
- Oropeza — author (person)
- Perata — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 3. Page 3774.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 2726.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-10** (Corrected July 9. )
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 2284.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 5). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-04** Joint Rules 61(a)(5)(6) suspended (APPR). (Page 2081).
- **2001-06-04** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 2089.)
- **2001-06-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1929.)
- **2001-05-31** Joint Rule 61(a)(4) suspended. (Page 1929).
- **2001-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-26** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Page 1245.)
- **2001-04-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94556f24-40b6-48af-959e-8b8e263b4adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).