republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1370.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage licenses: nonprofit arts foundation."
description: "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 authorizes the department to issue various special on-sale licenses, including to nonprofit theater companies and symphony associations. Certain violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act are crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1370"
citation: "California AB 1370 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage licenses: nonprofit arts foundation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2ccc3cd-fa49-4dde-bb7f-c02e57c53806"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1370"
source_hash: "ed460963533840d1ec6ce292b8759555d3e6a04633a0a1f98b54a076df483a79"
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 1370 (20192020) — Alcoholic beverage licenses: nonprofit arts foundation.

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 authorizes the department to issue various special on-sale licenses, including to nonprofit theater companies and symphony associations. Certain violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act are crimes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1370&version=20190AB137099INT)
2. **03/21/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1370&version=20190AB137098AMD)
3. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1370&version=20190AB137096CHP)
4. **AB1370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1370)
5. **08/14/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1370&version=20190AB137097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1370 Chiu By Wiener — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1370 Chiu Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1772.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2140.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 191, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2ccc3cd-fa49-4dde-bb7f-c02e57c53806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).