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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control.	(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act regulates the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, various alcoholic beverage licenses pursuant to which the licensees may exercise specified privileges in the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 776	California AB 776 (20152016)	bill	Alcoholic beverage control.	enacted	Cooper	7	28	7	2015-02-25	2015-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/9e560451-ee04-45e2-a6f2-c10a7882e65a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB776	4027e61d22d8c4ce6498c21998880ef07ca6960bc20c01793268656a2354a41c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 776 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverage control.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act regulates the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, various alcoholic beverage licenses pursuant to which the licensees may exercise specified privileges in the state.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/06/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB776 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB776 Cooper By Hall — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 776 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 776 COOPER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-04-15 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
• 2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 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
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 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 39. Noes 1. Page 2712.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2015-09-11 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3133.)
• 2015-09-11 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (September 11). committee-passage
• 2015-09-11 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3156.)
• 2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3164.). 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 519, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e560451-ee04-45e2-a6f2-c10a7882e65a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).