republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1191.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: proof of age: passports."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act makes it a misdemeanor for any person under the age of 21 years to purchase any alcoholic beverage or consume any alcoholic beverage in any on‑sale premises. The act also subjects a holder of a license to sell alcoholic beverages to criminal prosecution and suspension or revocation of that license if the licensee sells any alcoholic beverages to any person under 21 years of age. Existing law provides that a licensee's acceptance of bona fide evidence, as defined, constitutes a defense to any action against the licensee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1191"
citation: "California AB 1191 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: proof of age: passports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d447adc3-0f63-48c2-baec-8e1f58a22c69"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1191"
source_hash: "215b7fdf0bd0d0b090beb11b026344a1b1650951e6ea8b5a8c843270d975b2b0"
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 1191 (20092010) — Alcoholic beverages: proof of age: passports.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act makes it a misdemeanor for any person under the age of 21 years to purchase any alcoholic beverage or consume any alcoholic beverage in any on‑sale premises. The act also subjects a holder of a license to sell alcoholic beverages to criminal prosecution and suspension or revocation of that license if the licensee sells any alcoholic beverages to any person under 21 years of age. Existing law provides that a licensee's acceptance of bona fide evidence, as defined, constitutes a defense to any action against the licensee.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1191&version=20090AB119199INT)
2. **03/27/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1191&version=20090AB119198AMD)
3. **06/28/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1191&version=20090AB119197AMD)
4. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1191&version=20090AB119195CHP)
5. **AB1191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1191)
6. **07/15/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1191&version=20090AB119196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1191 CONWAY Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #12 AB1191 Conway — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1191 CONWAY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1548.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-28** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1665.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-07-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2473.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 142, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d447adc3-0f63-48c2-baec-8e1f58a22c69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).