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Bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters.	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 23	California AB 23 (20072008)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters.	enacted	Ma	9	35	7	2006-12-04	2008-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/99d4e39a-a19e-4e43-9483-fabcec05868b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB23	aea48ae3b2d46263a06c3ec95f82e6dde78312c1e2e89156d4d17906d816ae4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 23 (20072008) — Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters.

Version chain

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

1. 12/04/06 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/07/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/16/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/14/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/06/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/08/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/02/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB23 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/29/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 23 MA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — fail (fail) · upper
• AB 23 MA Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB23 Ma Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ma — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-12-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2006-12-05 From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
• 2007-02-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2007-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-03-15 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2007-04-16 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2007-04-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-01-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-01-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2008-01-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-01-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-01-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2008-01-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-01-23 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-01-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 14. Page 3809.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-01-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-02-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing and Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-02-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-03-25 In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2008-05-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-07 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2008-05-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee
• 2008-05-08 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
• 2008-05-13 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
• 2008-05-19 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-05-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-22 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3863.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-05-27 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2008-05-28 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 5473.)
• 2008-05-29 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 29). committee-passage
• 2008-05-29 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5562.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:10 p.m.
• 2008-06-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-06-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 18, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99d4e39a-a19e-4e43-9483-fabcec05868b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).