(1) Existing law, known as tied-house restrictions, prohibits specified licensees from furnishing, giving, or lending money or other things of value, directly or indirectly, to a person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining an off-sale licensed premises. Existing law permits, until January 1, 2016, the appearance of a person employed or engaged by an authorized licensee at a promotional event held at the premises of an off-sale retail licensee for the purposes of providing autographs, subject to specified conditions. Existing law generally prohibits a winegrower, a California winegrower's agent, importer, or other specified parties from providing a licensee alcoholic beverages as a free good as a part of any sale or transaction involving alcoholic beverages or furnishing anything of value to a licensee for specified purposes. Existing law excepts from this prohibition a winegrower, California winegrower's agent, importer, or other specified parties when conducting or participating in an instructional event for consumers held at a retailer's premises featuring wines produced by or for the winegrower or imported by the importer, subject to specified conditions. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of any of its provisions for which another penalty or punishment is not specifically provided is a misdemeanor.
California AB 636 (20132014) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions.
(1) Existing law, known as tied-house restrictions, prohibits specified licensees from furnishing, giving, or lending money or other things of value, directly or indirectly, to a person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining an off-sale licensed premises. Existing law permits, until January 1, 2016, the appearance of a person employed or engaged by an authorized licensee at a promotional event held at the premises of an off-sale retail licensee for the purposes of providing autographs, subject to specified conditions. Existing law generally prohibits a winegrower, a California winegrower's agent, importer, or other specified parties from providing a licensee alcoholic beverages as a free good as a part of any sale or transaction involving alcoholic beverages or furnishing anything of value to a licensee for specified purposes. Existing law excepts from this prohibition a winegrower, California winegrower's agent, importer, or other specified parties when conducting or participating in an instructional event for consumers held at a retailer's premises featuring wines produced by or for the winegrower or imported by the importer, subject to specified conditions. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of any of its provisions for which another penalty or punishment is not specifically provided is a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 636 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB636 Hall By Wright — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 636 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hall — 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
2013-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1342.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-05-23 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: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1983.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2013-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2776.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2013-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5736b3b4-4669-4464-ad87-cc60c8a6337e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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