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Bill Beer manufacturers: free or discounted rides. Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The act prohibits any licensee from giving a premium, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale and distribution of any alcoholic beverage, except as provided. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes a manufacturer of distilled spirits, distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, out-of-state distilled spirits shipper's certificate holder, winegrower, rectifier, or distiller, or its authorized unlicensed agent, to provide free ground transportation home, as described, to consumers at an invitation-only event in connection with the sale or distribution of wine or distilled spirits. Unless otherwise specified, a violation of the act is a misdemeanor. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 711 California AB 711 (20172018)
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California AB 711 (20172018) — Beer manufacturers: free or discounted rides.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The act prohibits any licensee from giving a premium, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale and distribution of any alcoholic beverage, except as provided. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes a manufacturer of distilled spirits, distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, out-of-state distilled spirits shipper's certificate holder, winegrower, rectifier, or distiller, or its authorized unlicensed agent, to provide free ground transportation home, as described, to consumers at an invitation-only event in connection with the sale or distribution of wine or distilled spirits. Unless otherwise specified, a violation of the act is a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/01/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/09/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/19/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/11/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. AB711 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 08/29/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 711 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 730 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Low — primary (person)
  • Dababneh — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
  • 2017-03-20 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and C. & C. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-21 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
  • 2017-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2017-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2017-05-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-10 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2017-05-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1720.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
  • 2017-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
  • 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
  • 2017-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2179.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2017-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2790.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2017-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2017-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 226, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8caafaf-48e2-4ffb-856b-2ffdd1a7f969. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).