republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2090.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2090"
citation: "California AB 2090 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cae0f67-a404-4bd6-986e-0acf7a619adf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2090"
source_hash: "16ae2c6048847f6d073fa6a93d96862ae1999be46b7467a473f202a6c6d2cca7"
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 2090 (20072008) — Alcoholic beverages: licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2090&version=20070AB209099INT)
2. **04/09/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2090&version=20070AB209098AMD)
3. **05/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2090&version=20070AB209097AMD)
4. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2090&version=20070AB209096AMD)
5. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2090&version=20070AB209094CHP)
6. **AB2090** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2090)
7. **08/13/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2090&version=20070AB209095ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2090 Evans By Wiggins — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2090 EVANS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2090 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Parra — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 5346.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4839.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 6320.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cae0f67-a404-4bd6-986e-0acf7a619adf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).