republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-623.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage licensees: limited off-sale retail wine license."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law provides for various annual fees for the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses depending upon the type of license issued. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 623"
citation: "California AB 623 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage licensees: limited off-sale retail wine license."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d06e3fcc-46c1-40eb-8d75-bc803c684662"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB623"
source_hash: "ccc4c552b95c0828b160d4e312500c4541faff7d98a374b3b620f47d17325d8f"
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 623 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverage licensees: limited off-sale retail wine license.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law provides for various annual fees for the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses depending upon the type of license issued. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB623&version=20110AB62399INT)
2. **03/24/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB623&version=20110AB62398AMD)
3. **04/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB623&version=20110AB62397AMD)
4. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB623&version=20110AB62396AMD)
5. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB623&version=20110AB62394CHP)
6. **AB623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB623)
7. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB623&version=20110AB62395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB623 Williams By Kehoe — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 623 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 623 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2011-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1127.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-07-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2009.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2556.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 292, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d06e3fcc-46c1-40eb-8d75-bc803c684662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).