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Bill	Alcoholic beverages: advertising and brandy tastings.	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. Under the act, a brandy manufacturer's license authorizes the licensee to conduct tastings of brandy, subject to certain conditions, including a prohibition on giving tastings on the licensee's premises in the form of a cocktail or a mixed drink.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 546	California AB 546 (20232024)	bill	Alcoholic beverages advertising and brandy tastings	enacted	Villapudua	7	26	6	2023-02-08	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/97fe7738-105b-4fb6-9e2a-9fd98cccdb24	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB546	18475ab4ebbc03e811e97eb754297f407f7743d35a00cbe362c9934647dd4f53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 546 (20232024) — Alcoholic beverages: advertising and brandy tastings.

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. Under the act, a brandy manufacturer's license authorizes the licensee to conduct tastings of brandy, subject to certain conditions, including a prohibition on giving tastings on the licensee's premises in the form of a cocktail or a mixed drink.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/14/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/28/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB546 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 546 Villapudua Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB546 Villapudua By Wilk — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 546 Villapudua Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Villapudua — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 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
• 2023-03-15 Re-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
• 2023-05-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1811.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-07-13 From Consent Calendar.
• 2023-07-13 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2453.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3188.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97fe7738-105b-4fb6-9e2a-9fd98cccdb24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).