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Bill	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. Existing law also provides for various annual fees for the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses, depending on the type of license issued.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1285	California SB 1285 (20152016)	bill	Alcoholic beverages: licenses.	enacted	Leno	6	26	6	2016-02-19	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/3d617c50-c987-4efb-9bae-e3044d76ac17	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1285	d708355c54269420d01abc4708b10f7d6ab981dd646bfed9a7e7e8caa38f5956	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1285 (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. Existing law also provides for various annual fees for the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses, depending on the type of license issued.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/02/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1285 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1285 Leno Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Leno — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2016-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3494.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-15 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2016-04-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2016-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3737.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-05-09 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2016-06-22 June 22 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2016-08-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5926.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5431.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
• 2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 790, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d617c50-c987-4efb-9bae-e3044d76ac17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).