republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-346.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: labels."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: labels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 346"
citation: "California AB 346 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: labels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-14"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe42a432-2eda-448a-86ed-8baf9504d069"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346"
source_hash: "5ff471936a7f9e674f09df72ee36d1413079c29f44384ff07cb8faab7d55cd6b"
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 346 (20072008) — Alcoholic beverages: labels.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34699INT)
2. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34698AMD)
3. **05/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34697AMD)
4. **06/06/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34696AMD)
5. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34694AMD)
6. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34695AMD)
7. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34693AMD)
8. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34691CHP)
9. **AB346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346)
10. **09/03/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB346&version=20070AB34692ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 346 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 346 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB346 Beall By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB346 Beall By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Saldana — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-18** 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`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-04-26** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1177.)
- **2007-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 6.) (April 26). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1979.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-07** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 2066.).
- **2007-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 2078.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** 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`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-07** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2008-07-02** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 4655.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-13** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2008-08-14** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2008-08-18** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time and amended. To second reading. `reading-1, passage, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5220.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 6888.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 624, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe42a432-2eda-448a-86ed-8baf9504d069`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).