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 authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue to a beer manufacturer a duplicate of its original license for a location or locations other than its licensed premises of production or manufacture. Existing law authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer to exercise the privileges under its manufacturer's license at branch offices, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications. In this regard, existing law prohibits a beer manufacturer from selling alcoholic beverages to consumers for consumption on or off the licensed premises, or providing authorized tastings to consumers, at more than 6 branch office locations, regardless of how many beer manufacturer licenses the beer manufacturer holds, either alone or under common ownership with any other licensed beer manufacturer. Existing law further prohibits more than 2 of these 6 branch locations from being bona fide public eating places owned and operated by and for the beer manufacturer.
California AB 2307 (20212022) — Alcoholic beverages: beer manufacturers: branch offices.
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 authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue to a beer manufacturer a duplicate of its original license for a location or locations other than its licensed premises of production or manufacture. Existing law authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer to exercise the privileges under its manufacturer's license at branch offices, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications. In this regard, existing law prohibits a beer manufacturer from selling alcoholic beverages to consumers for consumption on or off the licensed premises, or providing authorized tastings to consumers, at more than 6 branch office locations, regardless of how many beer manufacturer licenses the beer manufacturer holds, either alone or under common ownership with any other licensed beer manufacturer. Existing law further prohibits more than 2 of these 6 branch locations from being bona fide public eating places owned and operated by and for the beer manufacturer.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB2307 Berman et al. By Jones — 38–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2307 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2307 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Berman — primary (person)
Wood — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2022-03-03 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2022-04-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-04-26 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4706.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2022-06-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-27 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4905.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5983.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 962, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bcd3acf-2d6b-428f-9a82-de77d32a7adc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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