(1) Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law establishes specified types of alcoholic beverage licenses and prescribes the rights and duties of the respective licensees. Existing law prohibits a person without the appropriate license from exercising a privilege or performing any act for which the license is required, and a violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a craft distiller's license that authorizes the manufacture of distilled spirits, subject to specified conditions, including that the licensee manufacture no more than 100,000 gallons of distilled spirits per fiscal year, excluding brandy the craft distiller manufactures or has manufactured for it. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing a craft distiller's license to any person that manufactures or has manufactured for them more than 100,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year, or to any officer, director, employee, or agent of that person, or to any person who is affiliated with that person. A craft distiller is also authorized to sell up to 2.25 liters of prepackaged containers of the licensee's spirits per day per consumer to a person attending these tastings.
(1) Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law establishes specified types of alcoholic beverage licenses and prescribes the rights and duties of the respective licensees. Existing law prohibits a person without the appropriate license from exercising a privilege or performing any act for which the license is required, and a violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a craft distiller's license that authorizes the manufacture of distilled spirits, subject to specified conditions, including that the licensee manufacture no more than 100,000 gallons of distilled spirits per fiscal year, excluding brandy the craft distiller manufactures or has manufactured for it. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing a craft distiller's license to any person that manufactures or has manufactured for them more than 100,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year, or to any officer, director, employee, or agent of that person, or to any person who is affiliated with that person. A craft distiller is also authorized to sell up to 2.25 liters of prepackaged containers of the licensee's spirits per day per consumer to a person attending these tastings.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1164 Skinner Senate Third Reading By DALY — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Skinner — primary (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Hill — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2018-02-22 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-12 Set for hearing April 24.
2018-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4785.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
2018-05-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5088.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-05-25 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2018-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-08-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-20 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Rubio.
2018-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6757.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6060.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 695, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4653a7f-af30-40ca-8e00-9726ee70012a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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