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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: annual license fees: surcharge: distilled spirits manufacturers: free or discounted rides."
description: "(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 prescribes the annual fees to be charged for each type of license. Existing law requires the department to collect an annual surcharge of $5 in addition to these fees, for deposit in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund, to be used for the Department of the California Highway Patrol's Designated Driver Program upon appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 973"
citation: "California SB 973 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: annual license fees: surcharge: distilled spirits manufacturers: free or discounted rides."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4c73eb3-a8bf-4421-8850-f44f513feb67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973"
source_hash: "3e508edc8e29475c2ae770aa3b8568d83e7d427c1bc94376b4739020e503eab9"
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 973 (20172018) — Alcoholic beverages: annual license fees: surcharge: distilled spirits manufacturers: free or discounted rides.
(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 prescribes the annual fees to be charged for each type of license. Existing law requires the department to collect an annual surcharge of $5 in addition to these fees, for deposit in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund, to be used for the Department of the California Highway Patrol's Designated Driver Program upon appropriation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/01/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973&version=20170SB97399INT)
2. **03/05/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973&version=20170SB97398AMD)
3. **06/14/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973&version=20170SB97397AMD)
4. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973&version=20170SB97396AMD)
5. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973&version=20170SB97395AMD)
6. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973&version=20170SB97393CHP)
7. **SB973** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973)
8. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB973&version=20170SB97394ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **120** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · upper
- SB 973 Dodd Senate Third Reading By LACKEY — **680** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB973 Dodd et al. — **362** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB973 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **381** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dodd — primary (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Set for hearing March 13.
- **2018-03-05** 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`
- **2018-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 4366.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2018-04-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 4759.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** 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`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 6777.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 6052.) 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 689, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4c73eb3-a8bf-4421-8850-f44f513feb67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).