---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: possession: Sacramento River."
description: "(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act regulates the possession, sale, and consumption of alcohol. The act makes it a crime to violate any of its provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 494"
citation: "California AB 494 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: possession: Sacramento River."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Logue"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e70cd179-1f3c-428d-b3c8-efc1c96b7f04"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB494"
source_hash: "4d9955da3d928fc9c241b514c9f1929c6adc588d5cbd64411b6e5a5a8c85821d"
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 494 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverages: possession: Sacramento River.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act regulates the possession, sale, and consumption of alcohol. The act makes it a crime to violate any of its provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB494&version=20110AB49499INT)
2. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB494&version=20110AB49498AMD)
3. **08/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB494&version=20110AB49496CHP)
4. **AB494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB494)
5. **07/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB494&version=20110AB49497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 494 LOGUE Third Reading Urgency — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB494 Logue By La Malfa Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 494 LOGUE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Logue — primary (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1665.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1842.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-14** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2339.)
- **2011-07-14** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 2339.)
- **2011-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2341.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 158, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e70cd179-1f3c-428d-b3c8-efc1c96b7f04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).