republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2296.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: issuance of liquor licenses: protests."
description: "Alcoholic beverages: issuance of liquor licenses: protests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2296"
citation: "California AB 2296 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: issuance of liquor licenses: protests."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1cd35c7-ce81-4b04-8893-b8bf7b1d0183"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2296"
source_hash: "f82eb8bacc328b33efd5dce38193fc4821385a8449fcc27cb11f0ea466922cbd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2296 (20032004) — Alcoholic beverages: issuance of liquor licenses: protests.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2296&version=20030AB229699INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2296&version=20030AB229698AMD)
3. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2296&version=20030AB229697AMD)
4. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2296&version=20030AB229696AMD)
5. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2296&version=20030AB229694CHP)
6. **AB2296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2296)
7. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2296&version=20030AB229695ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2296 leno consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2296 leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2296 leno concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Aghazarian — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7051.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4624.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5627.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 12). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1cd35c7-ce81-4b04-8893-b8bf7b1d0183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).