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 provides for the licensure and regulation of winegrowers and establishes the privileges that a winegrower may exercise. Existing law authorizes a winegrower, among other things, to produce spirits of wine and blend those spirits of wine into wine produced by the winegrower or sell those spirits of wine to an industrial alcohol dealer or a distilled spirits manufacturer.
California AB 2177 (20232024) — Winegrowers: spirits of wine.
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 provides for the licensure and regulation of winegrowers and establishes the privileges that a winegrower may exercise. Existing law authorizes a winegrower, among other things, to produce spirits of wine and blend those spirits of wine into wine produced by the winegrower or sell those spirits of wine to an industrial alcohol dealer or a distilled spirits manufacturer.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2177 McKinnor Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McKinnor — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2024-02-20 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2024-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2024-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4997.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-08 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2024-05-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4491.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-06-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-07-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-07-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 61, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9eb4de60-aee7-4432-9da8-4e7cedb0b7d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).