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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: returns."
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description: "Under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, a wholesaler or manufacturer may accept the return of beer from a retailer only if the beer is returned in exchange for the identical quantity and brand of beer. Existing law provides for exceptions to that provision, including permitting the return of beer from a seasonal or temporary licensee or an annual licensee operating on a temporary basis, permitting the return of unsold and unopened beer from an organization that obtained a specified temporary license, and permitting the return of beer that is recalled or presents a health and safety issue as provided."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 782"
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citation: "California AB 782 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: returns."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bocanegra"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2013-02-21"
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last_action: "2013-09-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ecd47ae-d390-4a5f-8497-c658bc7b1bdf"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB782"
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source_hash: "af1a3a5b7f1a546d54aa9e1c8691132bc2fde2387c8a07ccede9859a9a3c97a1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 782 (20132014) — Alcoholic beverage control: licensees: returns.
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Under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, a wholesaler or manufacturer may accept the return of beer from a retailer only if the beer is returned in exchange for the identical quantity and brand of beer. Existing law provides for exceptions to that provision, including permitting the return of beer from a seasonal or temporary licensee or an annual licensee operating on a temporary basis, permitting the return of unsold and unopened beer from an organization that obtained a specified temporary license, and permitting the return of beer that is recalled or presents a health and safety issue as provided.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB782&version=20130AB78299INT)
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2. **06/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB782&version=20130AB78298AMD)
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3. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB782&version=20130AB78296CHP)
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4. **AB782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB782)
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5. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB782&version=20130AB78297ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 782 BOCANEGRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 782 BOCANEGRA Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bocanegra — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1478.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-19** 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`
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- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1844.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2013-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2584.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
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- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 242, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ecd47ae-d390-4a5f-8497-c658bc7b1bdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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