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Bill	Alcoholic beverages: appeals: decision: tied-house restrictions.	(1) Under existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and authorizes the department to impose a penalty or suspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to the act. Existing law authorizes a party aggrieved by a decision of the department to file an appeal with the State Board of Equalization, as provided. Existing law defines "decision," for these purposes, to mean any determination of the department imposing a penalty assessment or affecting a license which may be appealed to the board under Section 22 of Article XX of the California Constitution.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 788	California SB 788 (20192020)	bill	Alcoholic beverages: appeals: decision: tied-house restrictions.	enacted	Committee on Governmental Organization	5	23	7	2019-03-14	2019-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4b8faa09-8426-4f03-9560-51861aba434e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB788	da388a7571ebfd852a3d112b02c6c7386a9ca037b4145b91d39f810d6a22f5f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 788 (20192020) — Alcoholic beverages: appeals: decision: tied-house restrictions.

(1) Under existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and authorizes the department to impose a penalty or suspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to the act. Existing law authorizes a party aggrieved by a decision of the department to file an appeal with the State Board of Equalization, as provided. Existing law defines "decision," for these purposes, to mean any determination of the department imposing a penalty assessment or affecting a license which may be appealed to the board under Section 22 of Article XX of the California Constitution.

Version chain

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

1. 03/14/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/05/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB788 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 788 G.O. Third Reading Urgency By BIGELOW — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB788 G.O. (Dodd) Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-03-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 14.
• 2019-03-27 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2019-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 773.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 907.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2019-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1157.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-05-30 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-22 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2812.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-22 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2019-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 257, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b8faa09-8426-4f03-9560-51861aba434e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).