republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-522.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations: raffles."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, prohibits any licensee from giving any premium, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale or distribution of any alcoholic beverage, but permits alcoholic beverages to be provided in consumer contests and sweepstakes subject to specified conditions. Existing law permits the department to issue a special temporary on-sale or off-sale beer or wine license to certain nonprofit corporations that entitles the licensee to sell beer or wine, as specified. Existing law generally makes it a misdemeanor for a person to sell chances in a lottery, but excepts from this prohibition a charitable organization that has been registered with the Department of Justice that conducts a raffle pursuant to certain requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 522"
citation: "California AB 522 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations: raffles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09edfb96-ba6f-454f-9629-08b4ee3dffba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB522"
source_hash: "c200b189ec8d99031d872a16f0ff4bc20e6cb6b94b21eb199b69f5ee800498ac"
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 522 (20172018) — Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations: raffles.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, prohibits any licensee from giving any premium, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale or distribution of any alcoholic beverage, but permits alcoholic beverages to be provided in consumer contests and sweepstakes subject to specified conditions. Existing law permits the department to issue a special temporary on-sale or off-sale beer or wine license to certain nonprofit corporations that entitles the licensee to sell beer or wine, as specified. Existing law generally makes it a misdemeanor for a person to sell chances in a lottery, but excepts from this prohibition a charitable organization that has been registered with the Department of Justice that conducts a raffle pursuant to certain requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB522&version=20170AB52299INT)
2. **07/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB522&version=20170AB52298AMD)
3. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB522&version=20170AB52296CHP)
4. **AB522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB522)
5. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB522&version=20170AB52297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 522 CUNNINGHAM Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB522 Cunningham By Cannella — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 522 CUNNINGHAM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1487.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-07-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-07-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2333.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2920.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 444, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09edfb96-ba6f-454f-9629-08b4ee3dffba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).