republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1891.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage licensees: instructional tastings: craft distillers."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law authorizes the department to issue to the holder of any off-sale retail license an instructional tasting license that permits the licenseholder to allow an authorized licensee, as defined, or designated representative of that licensee, to conduct, on a designated portion of, or contiguous to, an existing licensed premises, an instructional tasting event at which tastes of alcoholic beverages may be served to consumers, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1891"
citation: "California AB 1891 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage licensees: instructional tastings: craft distillers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0caf8c1d-8495-4dac-a794-6352eea14df0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1891"
source_hash: "8369bbc2bcd1dfbf25d52d6d0bd899a1cf3254922290552c6d586cf1e3e39b0a"
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 AB 1891 (20172018) — Alcoholic beverage licensees: instructional tastings: craft distillers.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law authorizes the department to issue to the holder of any off-sale retail license an instructional tasting license that permits the licenseholder to allow an authorized licensee, as defined, or designated representative of that licensee, to conduct, on a designated portion of, or contiguous to, an existing licensed premises, an instructional tasting event at which tastes of alcoholic beverages may be served to consumers, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1891&version=20170AB189199INT)
2. **08/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1891&version=20170AB189198AMD)
3. **09/06/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1891&version=20170AB189196CHP)
4. **AB1891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1891)
5. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1891&version=20170AB189197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1891 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1891 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (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
- 3rd Reading AB1891 Levine By Skinner — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2018-02-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5129.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5453.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6493.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 273, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0caf8c1d-8495-4dac-a794-6352eea14df0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).