republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-520.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: instruction: tastings."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act permits a winegrower or distilled spirits manufacturer, or its authorized agent, to instruct consumers at an on-sale retail licensed premises authorized to sell its product on the subject of wine or distilled spirits, including, but not limited to, the history, nature, values, and characteristics of those beverages, as provided. Existing law authorizes the instruction to include tastings of wine or distilled spirits, subject to limitations on the amounts that may be provided to the consumers. The act provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 520"
citation: "California AB 520 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: instruction: tastings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e357e661-7b58-4fd5-8e4c-90e722ac7430"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB520"
source_hash: "223c18ecb2c44f7d7dad75b6bf88b6ad80818a8445ed05b172329df34677a7e7"
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 520 (20132014) — Alcoholic beverages: instruction: tastings.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act permits a winegrower or distilled spirits manufacturer, or its authorized agent, to instruct consumers at an on-sale retail licensed premises authorized to sell its product on the subject of wine or distilled spirits, including, but not limited to, the history, nature, values, and characteristics of those beverages, as provided. Existing law authorizes the instruction to include tastings of wine or distilled spirits, subject to limitations on the amounts that may be provided to the consumers. The 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. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB520&version=20130AB52099INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB520&version=20130AB52098AMD)
3. **02/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB520&version=20130AB52097AMD)
4. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB520&version=20130AB52095CHP)
5. **AB520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB520)
6. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB520&version=20130AB52096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB520 Chesbro By Galgiani — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 520 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 520 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** 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`
- **2014-01-07** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-01-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-23** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3726.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4495.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6107.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 777, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e357e661-7b58-4fd5-8e4c-90e722ac7430`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).