republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1643.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: places of consumption."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages at a public schoolhouse or any grounds thereof. Existing law provides that this prohibition does not apply if the alcoholic beverage is acquired, possessed, or used during events at a college-owned or college-operated stadium or other facility, but specifies that the exemption does not apply to any public education facility in which any grade from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, is schooled."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1643"
citation: "California AB 1643 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: places of consumption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-01-12"
last_action: "2010-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c32d0765-cd57-4bfe-a73d-f444fe93f24f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1643"
source_hash: "0df65670218f4873a7c5280265f0d7c6a768234c3b80b71c75dcf8e15eca82ce"
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 1643 (20092010) — Alcoholic beverages: places of consumption.

Existing law generally prohibits the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages at a public schoolhouse or any grounds thereof. Existing law provides that this prohibition does not apply if the alcoholic beverage is acquired, possessed, or used during events at a college-owned or college-operated stadium or other facility, but specifies that the exemption does not apply to any public education facility in which any grade from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, is schooled.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/12/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1643&version=20090AB164399INT)
2. **05/12/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1643&version=20090AB164398AMD)
3. **06/22/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1643&version=20090AB164397AMD)
4. **07/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1643&version=20090AB164395CHP)
5. **AB1643** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1643)
6. **06/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1643&version=20090AB164396ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1643 Smyth Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1643 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1643 SMYTH Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1643 Smyth — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
- **2010-01-21** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4853.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3945.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-06-21** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2010-06-21** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2010-06-22** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-06-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4059.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5850.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2010-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 79, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c32d0765-cd57-4bfe-a73d-f444fe93f24f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).