republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-461.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act also provides for a limitation on the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 461"
citation: "California AB 461 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achadjian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f3f433-1a30-4166-893a-d603e1452b44"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB461"
source_hash: "ca681e960e5df9b68eafe84af32b581e893b5d15c3f919758d4ea5ac63e0df71"
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 461 (20132014) — Alcoholic beverages: licenses.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act also provides for a limitation on the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB461&version=20130AB46199INT)
2. **03/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB461&version=20130AB46198AMD)
3. **05/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB461&version=20130AB46197AMD)
4. **08/16/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB461&version=20130AB46195CHP)
5. **AB461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB461)
6. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB461&version=20130AB46196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB461 Achadjian By Monning — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 461 ACHADJIAN Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Achadjian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** From consent calendar.
- **2013-05-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1520.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1691.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
- **2013-08-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 110, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29f3f433-1a30-4166-893a-d603e1452b44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).