republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3264.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licensees."
description: "(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act permits a winegrower, beer manufacturer, beer and wine wholesaler, distilled spirits manufacturer, distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, distilled spirits general rectifier, or distilled spirits general importer to instruct licensees and their employees, or to conduct courses of instruction for licensees and their employees, on the subject of wine, beer, or distilled spirits, including, but not limited to, the history, nature, values, and characteristics of those beverages and the methods of presenting and serving those beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3264"
citation: "California AB 3264 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licensees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-04-05"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2d920f4-2cea-4db1-8f2c-e71995bb7707"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3264"
source_hash: "a7e65a59b9c0183aa23a7a0f2168862b7d553994667b2d77151cda9ec49cc544"
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 3264 (20172018) — Alcoholic beverages: licensees.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act permits a winegrower, beer manufacturer, beer and wine wholesaler, distilled spirits manufacturer, distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, distilled spirits general rectifier, or distilled spirits general importer to instruct licensees and their employees, or to conduct courses of instruction for licensees and their employees, on the subject of wine, beer, or distilled spirits, including, but not limited to, the history, nature, values, and characteristics of those beverages and the methods of presenting and serving those beverages.

## Version chain

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

1. **04/05/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3264&version=20170AB326499INT)
2. **04/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3264&version=20170AB326498AMD)
3. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3264&version=20170AB326497AMD)
4. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3264&version=20170AB326495CHP)
5. **AB3264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3264)
6. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3264&version=20170AB326496ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB3264 G.O. (Gray) By Dodd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3264 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3264 G.O. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GRAY — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-06** From printer. May be heard in committee May 6.
- **2018-04-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** 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`
- **2018-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5220.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5905.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6981.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 727, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2d920f4-2cea-4db1-8f2c-e71995bb7707`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).