The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act generally prohibits a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer's agent, California winegrower's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler from furnishing or lending money or other thing of value to a person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining an on-sale licensed premises. The act provides that the listing of the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, Internet Web site addresses, or other electronic media, of 2 or more unaffiliated on-sale retailers selling beer, wine, or distilled spirits of a nonretail industry member, as defined, in response to a direct inquiry from a consumer, as specified, does not constitute a thing of value or prohibited inducement, if certain conditions are met. The act includes among those conditions the requirement that the listing not refer to only one on-sale retailer or only to on-sale retail establishments controlled by the same retailer. The act creates a parallel exception from the general prohibition on furnishing or lending money or things of value for off-sale retailers, except that it does not reference other electronic media.
California AB 780 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: on-sale retailers advertising.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act generally prohibits a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer's agent, California winegrower's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler from furnishing or lending money or other thing of value to a person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining an on-sale licensed premises. The act provides that the listing of the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, Internet Web site addresses, or other electronic media, of 2 or more unaffiliated on-sale retailers selling beer, wine, or distilled spirits of a nonretail industry member, as defined, in response to a direct inquiry from a consumer, as specified, does not constitute a thing of value or prohibited inducement, if certain conditions are met. The act includes among those conditions the requirement that the listing not refer to only one on-sale retailer or only to on-sale retail establishments controlled by the same retailer. The act creates a parallel exception from the general prohibition on furnishing or lending money or things of value for off-sale retailers, except that it does not reference other electronic media.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 780 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
AB 780 WILLIAMS Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Williams — primary (person)
Cooper — principal coauthor (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 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
2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1348.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2015-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (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 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2118.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2015-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2603.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23811fa9-2a30-4ce7-8026-09401164d0f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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