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 a licensed winegrower to conduct specified activities, including the production of spirits of wine, provided those spirits of wine are blended into wine produced by the winegrower, sold to an industrial alcohol dealer, or destroyed by the winegrower.
California AB 1704 (20232024) — Alcoholic beverage licenses.
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 a licensed winegrower to conduct specified activities, including the production of spirits of wine, provided those spirits of wine are blended into wine produced by the winegrower, sold to an industrial alcohol dealer, or destroyed by the winegrower.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1704 Santiago Concurrence - Urgency Added — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1704 Santiago Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 20–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1704 Santiago By Dodd Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Santiago — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1367.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2023-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-06-29 From Consent Calendar.
2023-06-29 Ordered to third reading.
2023-07-13 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2648.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-14 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3528.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 375, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a4c2d81-7838-433d-a894-6fd5c5932886. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).