republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-324.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "California SB 324 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10c7335d-effe-4521-9994-97b3c80434d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB324"
source_hash: "e44bdc1a98af46ccda84986692d2d6062ff740589258f300557588af44bb35c0"
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 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.

1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB324&version=20130SB32499INT)
2. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB324&version=20130SB32497CHP)
3. **SB324** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB324)
4. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB324&version=20130SB32498ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10c7335d-effe-4521-9994-97b3c80434d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).