republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1503.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licensees."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages and to place reasonable conditions upon retail licensees or upon any licensee in the exercise of retail privileges in specified situations. Existing law authorizes the department to remove or modify conditions which were placed on a license issued by the department upon, among other things, the filing of a petition by the licensee or a transferee requesting the removal or modification of those conditions if the department is satisfied that the grounds that caused the imposition of the conditions no longer exist, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1503"
citation: "California SB 1503 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licensees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-03-14"
last_action: "2018-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b8d103-9556-4d15-9d87-3dbc4353c6c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1503"
source_hash: "fa88845508201974c321573957d3524dbec8c2b0b2b26e2efc2b900195f0e75e"
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 SB 1503 (20172018) — Alcoholic beverages: licensees.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages and to place reasonable conditions upon retail licensees or upon any licensee in the exercise of retail privileges in specified situations. Existing law authorizes the department to remove or modify conditions which were placed on a license issued by the department upon, among other things, the filing of a petition by the licensee or a transferee requesting the removal or modification of those conditions if the department is satisfied that the grounds that caused the imposition of the conditions no longer exist, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1503&version=20170SB150399INT)
2. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1503&version=20170SB150397CHP)
3. **SB1503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1503)
4. **08/20/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1503&version=20170SB150398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1503 G.O. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1503 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 14.
- **2018-03-21** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4786.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5015.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** 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. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6313.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 362, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4b8d103-9556-4d15-9d87-3dbc4353c6c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).