republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-298.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Brewpub-restaurant licenses: bona fide public eating place license."
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 prescribes a schedule of application and other fees for different license types and distinguishes between new licenses and duplicate licenses. Existing law authorizes the exchange of specified licenses, subject to the approval of the department, payment of a $100 exchange fee, and compliance with all other relevant provisions of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "California SB 298 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Brewpub-restaurant licenses: bona fide public eating place license."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54421568-9a73-4761-88f6-925179c8a7de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298"
source_hash: "290157885e609fec3c345be2c0e2c34f26ecc8d6f59dcc71b785855fd8e69f85"
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 298 (20212022) — Brewpub-restaurant licenses: bona fide public eating place license.

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 a schedule of application and other fees for different license types and distinguishes between new licenses and duplicate licenses. Existing law authorizes the exchange of specified licenses, subject to the approval of the department, payment of a $100 exchange fee, and compliance with all other relevant provisions of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298&version=20210SB29899INT)
2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298&version=20210SB29898AMD)
3. **03/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298&version=20210SB29897AMD)
4. **06/06/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298&version=20210SB29896AMD)
5. **06/28/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298&version=20210SB29895AMD)
6. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298&version=20210SB29894AMD)
7. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298&version=20210SB29892CHP)
8. **SB298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298)
9. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB298&version=20210SB29893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 298 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB298 Dodd Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-25** Set for hearing March 9.
- **2021-03-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 420.) (March 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2021-03-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 913.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** June 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5943.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4934.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 980, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54421568-9a73-4761-88f6-925179c8a7de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).