republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-905.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control: club licenses."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administrated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, defines and regulates the issuance of various types of licenses authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages, including a club license. Existing law authorizes the holder of a club license to exercise the rights of an on-sale general licensee, but limits sale and service of alcoholic beverages to members of the club and their guests. Existing law defines different clubs in this context."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 905"
citation: "California SB 905 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage control: club licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-01-25"
last_action: "2016-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/963cfce6-f8f9-4f00-a6a4-aef84edc6484"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB905"
source_hash: "a7ae25fed18a5685f2e9ba31835d747b7d396c9e8b3b14b1a21e119282bff634"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 905 (20152016) — Alcoholic beverage control: club licenses.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administrated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, defines and regulates the issuance of various types of licenses authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages, including a club license. Existing law authorizes the holder of a club license to exercise the rights of an on-sale general licensee, but limits sale and service of alcoholic beverages to members of the club and their guests. Existing law defines different clubs in this context.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB905&version=20150SB90599INT)
2. **04/07/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB905&version=20150SB90598AMD)
3. **08/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB905&version=20150SB90597AMD)
4. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB905&version=20150SB90595CHP)
5. **SB905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB905)
6. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB905&version=20150SB90596ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 905 Bates Senate Third Reading By CHÁVEZ — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 25.
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** 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`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3492.) (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 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3712.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2016-08-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5883.) 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 5428.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 363, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/963cfce6-f8f9-4f00-a6a4-aef84edc6484`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).