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Bill	Alcoholic beverages licensees: contests and sweepstakes.	The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act prohibits any licensee from giving any premium, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale or distribution of any alcoholic beverage, except as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 778	California SB 778 (20112012)	bill	Alcoholic beverages licensees: contests and sweepstakes.	enacted	Padilla	9	29	7	2011-02-18	2012-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/dab3b722-17d9-411c-8b29-3780b60de17c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB778	768520d822fd27313d3c26b28be5a9bcf7f344a2f60c72ecb3a355c02b7704b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 778 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverages licensees: contests and sweepstakes.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act prohibits any licensee from giving any premium, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale or distribution of any alcoholic beverage, except as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/05/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/21/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/14/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/23/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB778 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/27/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB778 Padilla Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 778 Padilla Senate Third Reading By FUENTES — 75–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Padilla — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2011-03-10 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2012-01-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-01-04 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-01-05 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2012-01-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-01-06 Set for hearing January 10.
• 2012-01-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 2623.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-01-11 Set for hearing January 17.
• 2012-01-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 2669.) (January 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-01-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-01-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2699.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-01-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-04-16 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2012-05-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 6126.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4764.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 489, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dab3b722-17d9-411c-8b29-3780b60de17c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).