The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains limitations on sales commonly known as "tied-house" restrictions, which generally prohibit a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer's agent, California winegrower's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler from furnishing, giving, or lending any money or other thing of value to any person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining any off-sale licensed premises. For purposes of these provisions, the listing of the names, addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses, or both, or Internet Web site addresses, of 2 or more unaffiliated on-sale retailers selling beer, wine, or distilled spirits and operating and licensed as bona fide public eating places selling the beer, wine, or distilled spirits produced, distributed, or imported by a nonretail industry member in response to a direct inquiry from a consumer, as specified, does not constitute a thing of value or prohibited inducement to the listed on-sale retailer, if specified conditions are met.
California AB 2349 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains limitations on sales commonly known as "tied-house" restrictions, which generally prohibit a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer's agent, California winegrower's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler from furnishing, giving, or lending any money or other thing of value to any person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining any off-sale licensed premises. For purposes of these provisions, the listing of the names, addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses, or both, or Internet Web site addresses, of 2 or more unaffiliated on-sale retailers selling beer, wine, or distilled spirits and operating and licensed as bona fide public eating places selling the beer, wine, or distilled spirits produced, distributed, or imported by a nonretail industry member in response to a direct inquiry from a consumer, as specified, does not constitute a thing of value or prohibited inducement to the listed on-sale retailer, if specified conditions are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2349 Nestande By Anderson — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2349 NESTANDE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2349 NESTANDE Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Nestande — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-15 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2012-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4786.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2012-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-09 From consent calendar.
2012-08-09 Ordered to third reading.
2012-08-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4697.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6406.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.
2012-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 374, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7699dde-7886-4b0a-a900-f972f3913a18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).