Existing law generally prohibits a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages and a winegrower from paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer for advertising or paying or giving anything of value for the privilege of placing a sign or advertisement with a retail licensee. It authorizes, as an exception, the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of specified facilities.
California SB 324 (20132014) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising.
Existing law generally prohibits a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages and a winegrower from paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer for advertising or paying or giving anything of value for the privilege of placing a sign or advertisement with a retail licensee. It authorizes, as an exception, the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of specified facilities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 324 Wright Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wright — primary (person)
Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
Hall — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2013-03-20 Set for hearing April 9.
2013-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 465.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-12 Set for hearing April 22.
2013-04-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2013-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 677.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-16 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2013-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2484.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-12 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2013-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
2013-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 164, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10c7335d-effe-4521-9994-97b3c80434d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).