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 527 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverage control: 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 527 DODD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
AB 527 DODD Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-04-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-29 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-04 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
2015-05-05 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 1594.) 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
2015-09-04 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
2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2703.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3141.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-23 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 517, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8af922cf-8e13-4140-903c-57910a63e5b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).