Existing law, 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. Existing law limits 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.
Existing law, 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. Existing law limits 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.
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] — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB395 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 395 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Haney — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Gipson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2025-03-27 Set for hearing April 8.
2025-03-28 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
2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 703.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-09 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1238.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2025-06-18 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
2025-06-30 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
2025-07-10 Coauthors revised.
2025-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 7277.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-02 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2408.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 412, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2da4bc7-43f1-45e1-b28f-21b52c24f4b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).