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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act also provides for a limitation on the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1558"
citation: "California AB 1558 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-01-04"
last_action: "2016-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/160d7cbc-4fb6-40da-95b3-61b9e2d40a72"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1558"
source_hash: "0bab0a1022ce917ff3cc140ea5fa091cd7f64b1e505f83f43f9d3e92af10bb90"
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 1558 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverages: licenses.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act also provides for a limitation on the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1558&version=20150AB155899INT)
2. **02/24/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1558&version=20150AB155898AMD)
3. **03/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1558&version=20150AB155897AMD)
4. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1558&version=20150AB155896AMD)
5. **09/09/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1558&version=20150AB155894CHP)
6. **AB1558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1558)
7. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1558&version=20150AB155895ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **130** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **180** (pass) · lower
- AB 1558 MATHIS Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1558 Mathis By Berryhill — **380** (pass) · upper
- AB 1558 MATHIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
- [First] hearing set for [06-14-2016]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted — **120** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **36** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mathis — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-01-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2016-02-01** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-24** 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`
- **2016-02-25** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** 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`
- **2016-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4593.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5126.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6154.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/160d7cbc-4fb6-40da-95b3-61b9e2d40a72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).