---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: wine labels: Sonoma County."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for specified labeling requirements for containers of alcoholic beverages sold within this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1798"
citation: "California AB 1798 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: wine labels: Sonoma County."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a13cd6a-e486-4cdd-ba7a-45d82033f986"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1798"
source_hash: "33a2fc1f8f8baa960e89c3a28c1f87f234e8ecc8ff2ea27e0c451f23ec19a9e7"
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 1798 (20092010) — Alcoholic beverages: wine labels: Sonoma County.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for specified labeling requirements for containers of alcoholic beverages sold within this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1798&version=20090AB179899INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1798&version=20090AB179898AMD)
3. **08/11/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1798&version=20090AB179897AMD)
4. **08/18/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1798&version=20090AB179896AMD)
5. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1798&version=20090AB179894CHP)
6. **AB1798** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1798)
7. **09/08/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1798&version=20090AB179895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1798 Evans — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1798 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1798 Evans By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1798 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Bill Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — author (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Huber — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — author (person)
- Leno — principal coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Ruskin — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Tom Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — principal coauthor (person)
- Wright — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2010-04-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5159.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4374.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-05** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-08-09** Withdrawn from Enrollment.
- **2010-08-09** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2010-08-10** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2010-08-11** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4786.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6680.)
- **2010-08-26** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6791.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 242, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a13cd6a-e486-4cdd-ba7a-45d82033f986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).