Existing law authorizes the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of specified facilities.
California SB 557 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising.
Existing law authorizes the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of specified facilities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB557 Hall Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 557 Hall Senate Third Reading By GRAY — 80–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2015-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-04-16 Set for hearing April 28.
2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 11.
2015-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 960.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1062.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-06-29 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
2015-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-27 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
2015-08-27 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-01 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2846.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2563.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 420, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06a6a944-8c5a-47c0-b086-27486e731ba8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).