republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-593.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control."
description: "(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and requires the department to perform various duties relating to the issuance of alcoholic beverage licences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 593"
citation: "California AB 593 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3c32317-f576-4fa8-87da-97ed674de4d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB593"
source_hash: "4503ad3b10704b8de09be6fbb5b2e51304878e52fd1a0cbf9b71418a19875a57"
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 593 (20132014) — Alcoholic beverages: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and requires the department to perform various duties relating to the issuance of alcoholic beverage licences.

## 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=201320140AB593&version=20130AB59399INT)
2. **04/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB593&version=20130AB59398AMD)
3. **05/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB593&version=20130AB59397AMD)
4. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB593&version=20130AB59396AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB593&version=20130AB59395AMD)
6. **10/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB593&version=20130AB59393CHP)
7. **AB593** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB593)
8. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB593&version=20130AB59394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 593 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 593 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB593 Quirk By Wright — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk — 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`
- **2013-04-02** 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`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1748.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2108.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2921.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 502, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3c32317-f576-4fa8-87da-97ed674de4d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).