republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-779.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages."
description: "(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer to sell to consumers, at the licensed premises of production, for consumption off the premises, beer that is produced and bottled by, or produced and packaged for, that manufacturer and to sell beer to any person holding a license authorizing the sale of beer. 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 779"
citation: "California AB 779 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bocanegra"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b931154-becc-4f2b-be9c-2e03235f47c4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB779"
source_hash: "a4b86deecc852d73228122c4f057d7b2f81b7e4808966c7466ee72a32a598e96"
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 779 (20132014) — Alcoholic beverages.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer to sell to consumers, at the licensed premises of production, for consumption off the premises, beer that is produced and bottled by, or produced and packaged for, that manufacturer and to sell beer to any person holding a license authorizing the sale of beer. 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. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB779&version=20130AB77999INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB779&version=20130AB77998AMD)
3. **06/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB779&version=20130AB77997AMD)
4. **09/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB779&version=20130AB77995CHP)
5. **AB779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB779)
6. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB779&version=20130AB77996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 779 BOCANEGRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB779 Bocanegra By Padilla — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 779 BOCANEGRA Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bocanegra — primary (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** 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`
- **2013-03-20** 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`
- **2013-05-09** 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.
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1591.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** 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`
- **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`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2102.). `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 78. Noes 0. Page 2924.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 379, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b931154-becc-4f2b-be9c-2e03235f47c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).