--- type: "Bill" title: "Alcoholic beverage control: licensing exemption: apprenticeship program for bartending or mixology." description: "Existing law generally prohibits anyone from manufacturing, importing, or selling alcoholic beverages in California without a license from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law creates certain exceptions from this proscription, including by allowing the service of alcohol without a license or permit in a limousine or as part of a hot air balloon ride service, provided there is no extra charge or fee for the alcoholic beverages." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 2378" citation: "California AB 2378 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage control", "apprenticeship program for bartending or mixology", "licensing exemption"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"] version_count: 7 action_count: 22 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-02-12" last_action: "2024-09-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14b47acc-774d-4c61-bbf6-a6f21a4e6995" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2378" source_hash: "867df52faebf340f8d3933943c601bc250fc0aee4d4ac9bc5cfd00a51c5554d6" 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 2378 (20232024) — Alcoholic beverage control: licensing exemption: apprenticeship program for bartending or mixology. Existing law generally prohibits anyone from manufacturing, importing, or selling alcoholic beverages in California without a license from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law creates certain exceptions from this proscription, including by allowing the service of alcohol without a license or permit in a limousine or as part of a hot air balloon ride service, provided there is no extra charge or fee for the alcoholic beverages. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2378&version=20230AB237899INT) 2. **03/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2378&version=20230AB237898AMD) 3. **05/21/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2378&version=20230AB237897AMD) 4. **05/29/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2378&version=20230AB237896AMD) 5. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2378&version=20230AB237894CHP) 6. **AB2378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2378) 7. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2378&version=20230AB237895ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2378 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **21–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2378 Calderon By Durazo — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2378 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Calderon — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14. - **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4998.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-05-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-05-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2024-05-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5200.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6423.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 309, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14b47acc-774d-4c61-bbf6-a6f21a4e6995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).