Existing law generally restricts certain alcoholic beverage licensees, including manufacturers and winegrowers, from paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer for advertising in connection with the advertising and sale of alcoholic beverages. Existing law expressly authorizes a beer manufacturer, holder of a winegrower's license, winegrower's agent, holder of an importer's general license, distilled spirits manufacturer, holder of a distilled spirits rectifier's general license, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent to sponsor events promoted by or purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, a live entertainment marketing company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a live entertainment company that has its principal place of business in the County of Los Angeles, as provided.
California AB 1320 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising.
Existing law generally restricts certain alcoholic beverage licensees, including manufacturers and winegrowers, from paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer for advertising in connection with the advertising and sale of alcoholic beverages. Existing law expressly authorizes a beer manufacturer, holder of a winegrower's license, winegrower's agent, holder of an importer's general license, distilled spirits manufacturer, holder of a distilled spirits rectifier's general license, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent to sponsor events promoted by or purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, a live entertainment marketing company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a live entertainment company that has its principal place of business in the County of Los Angeles, as provided.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-04-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2015-04-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2015-04-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1596.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2155.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2015-08-31 Ordered to the Senate.
2015-08-31 In Senate. Held at Desk.
2015-09-04 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
2015-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2634.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2015-09-10 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3069.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 527, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe51d9b0-ba04-4f2a-a376-67aaf1e25655. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).