republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1986.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Craft distillers: alcoholic beverage licensees: donations."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that nothing in that law prohibits specified licensees from giving or selling beer, wine, or distilled spirits, as applicable, to certain nonprofit organizations, as specified, at prices other than those contained in schedules filed with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1986"
citation: "California AB 1986 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Craft distillers: alcoholic beverage licensees: donations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6896351f-ba4f-4f2a-8aed-cbb33c6112ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1986"
source_hash: "81421a43baf77c6ac59c4d2e872903d5edb45212c8e86e8958efc7a81945b82c"
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 1986 (20172018) — Craft distillers: alcoholic beverage licensees: donations.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that nothing in that law prohibits specified licensees from giving or selling beer, wine, or distilled spirits, as applicable, to certain nonprofit organizations, as specified, at prices other than those contained in schedules filed with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1986&version=20170AB198699INT)
2. **04/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1986&version=20170AB198698AMD)
3. **08/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1986&version=20170AB198697AMD)
4. **08/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1986&version=20170AB198696AMD)
5. **09/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1986&version=20170AB198694CHP)
6. **AB1986** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1986)
7. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1986&version=20170AB198695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1986 Cunningham By Skinner — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1986 CUNNINGHAM Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1986 CUNNINGHAM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. 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. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5964.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6993.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6896351f-ba4f-4f2a-8aed-cbb33c6112ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).