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Bill	Alcoholic beverages: licenses: advertising: contests and sweepstakes.	(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act specifies the rules and procedures for the issuance and transfer of alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The act requires the department to make a thorough investigation to determine whether the applicant for a license and the premises for which a license is applied qualify for a license.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 796	California SB 796 (20152016)	bill	Alcoholic beverages: licenses: advertising: contests and sweepstakes.	enacted	Committee on Governmental Organization	6	24	6	2015-03-12	2015-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/6376217f-cbc8-40a0-a9a5-6a239ce89d51	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB796	bd40867db5367682aa00813d2d325592bffef2d9cfbe14280a7f4dae56d94778	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 796 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverages: licenses: advertising: contests and sweepstakes.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act specifies the rules and procedures for the issuance and transfer of alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The act requires the department to make a thorough investigation to determine whether the applicant for a license and the premises for which a license is applied qualify for a license.

Version chain

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

1. 03/12/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/29/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/09/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/21/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB796 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB796 Committee On G.O. — 34–0 (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 — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #9 SB796 Committee On G.O. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 796 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-03-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 12.
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2015-04-02 Set for hearing April 14.
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 592.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2015-04-27 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2015-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 844.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-18 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
• 2015-07-06 July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-09 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
• 2015-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 15). 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 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2639.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2379.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2015-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6376217f-cbc8-40a0-a9a5-6a239ce89d51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).