---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses: distilled spirits."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses: distilled spirits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2801"
citation: "California AB 2801 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licenses: distilled spirits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chavez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/603aea6d-9364-4669-8591-89a3c3c9fc8a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2801"
source_hash: "423ff1e54913d380fa4f1ade139034c3d200aadf71d91333abeade2363d981a1"
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 2801 (20012002) — Alcoholic beverages: licenses: distilled spirits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2801&version=20010AB280199INT)
2. **04/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2801&version=20010AB280198AMD)
3. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2801&version=20010AB280197AMD)
4. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2801&version=20010AB280195CHP)
5. **AB2801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2801)
6. **08/08/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2801&version=20010AB280196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2801 Chavez Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2801 Chavez By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chavez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 246, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5309.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 6276.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** 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`
- **2002-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/603aea6d-9364-4669-8591-89a3c3c9fc8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).