republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-252.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control: licensees."
description: "Existing provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act generally prohibit manufacturers, winegrowers, bottlers, importers, wholesalers, and others from performing certain activities, with specified exceptions. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, permits a manufacturer of distilled spirits, winegrower, rectifier, or distiller, or any authorized agent of that person to provide, free of charge, entertainment, food, and distilled spirits, wine, or nonalcoholic beverages to consumers over 21 years of age at an invitation-only event in connection with the sale or distribution of wine or distilled spirits, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 252"
citation: "California AB 252 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage control: licensees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Calderon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-03"
last_action: "2012-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe82146-2aea-41e2-a05d-2189e7076058"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB252"
source_hash: "ad924a5e0c1276d6fff8916b3f06d56c95cb654a13b00c2569bc130d10a32a13"
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 252 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverage control: licensees.

Existing provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act generally prohibit manufacturers, winegrowers, bottlers, importers, wholesalers, and others from performing certain activities, with specified exceptions. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, permits a manufacturer of distilled spirits, winegrower, rectifier, or distiller, or any authorized agent of that person to provide, free of charge, entertainment, food, and distilled spirits, wine, or nonalcoholic beverages to consumers over 21 years of age at an invitation-only event in connection with the sale or distribution of wine or distilled spirits, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB252&version=20110AB25299INT)
2. **07/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB252&version=20110AB25297CHP)
3. **AB252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB252)
4. **07/09/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB252&version=20110AB25298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 252 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB252 Charles Calderon By Wright — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2011-02-18** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 1234.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Simitian.
- **2012-06-25** From inactive file.
- **2012-06-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4285.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:10 p.m.
- **2012-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 153, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe82146-2aea-41e2-a05d-2189e7076058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).