---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages."
description: "Alcoholic beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2334"
citation: "California AB 2334 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2ce4e16-ac9d-4b82-879e-ad7602638efb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2334"
source_hash: "b76210bc33deda56f5d3cf0dcb10eac9e4880ede50718c1538d7ce0209cd280d"
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 2334 (20012002) — Alcoholic beverages.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2334&version=20010AB233499INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2334&version=20010AB233498AMD)
3. **09/28/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2334&version=20010AB233496CHP)
4. **AB2334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2334)
5. **08/14/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2334&version=20010AB233497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2334 Nakano Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2334 Nakano By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1027, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 3. Page 5414.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 10. Page 5854.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 6.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** 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`
- **2002-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** 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/e2ce4e16-ac9d-4b82-879e-ad7602638efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).