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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control: neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses.	The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act also provides for a limitation on the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided. Existing law provides an exception to the license limitation for a county of the 6th class, as specified, for up to 5 new original neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses for premises located within specified census tracts in that county until a total of 30 new licenses are issued. Existing law limits the total number of these licenses that may be concurrently held in each specified neighborhood.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2359	California AB 2359 (20232024)	bill	Alcoholic beverage control neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses	enacted	Ting	4	18	5	2024-02-12	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d6eba43a-2ca8-4035-9a75-2f8f72141b92	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2359	5925505f98790a650be894b67d4bed2519912ab4215563cc1f33d65eead0712c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2359 (20232024) — Alcoholic beverage control: neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act also provides for a limitation on the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided. Existing law provides an exception to the license limitation for a county of the 6th class, as specified, for up to 5 new original neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses for premises located within specified census tracts in that county until a total of 30 new licenses are issued. Existing law limits the total number of these licenses that may be concurrently held in each specified neighborhood.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2359 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2359 Ting et al. By Wiener — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2359 Ting Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Haney — author (person)
• Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2024-04-04 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (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 4998.) 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. (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 pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5224.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 393, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6eba43a-2ca8-4035-9a75-2f8f72141b92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).