--- type: "Bill" title: "Alcoholic beverages: licensing exemptions: barbering and cosmetology services." 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 serving of beer or wine without a license or permit as part of a beauty salon service or barber shop service, subject to additional restrictions on the sizes of the beverages and hours of service." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 247" citation: "California SB 247 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages", "barbering and cosmetology services", "licensing exemptions"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wilk"] version_count: 5 action_count: 21 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-01-26" last_action: "2023-09-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0840dcb-0af5-4c21-816f-254cb6dfd4a4" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247" source_hash: "cc5098be6037e4bbb1f76a50db0bab2e673a9990d65c870402c996458e78dc4e" 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 SB 247 (20232024) — Alcoholic beverages: licensing exemptions: barbering and cosmetology services. 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 serving of beer or wine without a license or permit as part of a beauty salon service or barber shop service, subject to additional restrictions on the sizes of the beverages and hours of service. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/26/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247&version=20230SB24799INT) 2. **02/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247&version=20230SB24798AMD) 3. **09/22/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247&version=20230SB24796CHP) 4. **SB247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247) 5. **09/01/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247&version=20230SB24797ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - SB 247 Wilk Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Wilk — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-01-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 26. - **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2023-02-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-08** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-18** Set for hearing April 25. - **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 872.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8. - **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1342.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2865.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2023-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 212, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0840dcb-0af5-4c21-816f-254cb6dfd4a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).