republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-172.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol beverages: places of consumption."
description: "(1) 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 172"
citation: "California AB 172 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol beverages: places of consumption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-01-29"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6134952e-eed3-4e51-b2f4-c48d55408c51"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB172"
source_hash: "92721b9bae320cdce39593ee1d8de33ebb660a1ccea22f7703aa15275adc8d31"
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 172 (20092010) — Alcohol beverages: places of consumption.

(1) 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. **01/29/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB172&version=20090AB17299INT)
2. **08/19/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB172&version=20090AB17298AMD)
3. **09/10/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB172&version=20090AB17297AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB172&version=20090AB17295CHP)
5. **AB172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB172)
6. **09/15/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB172&version=20090AB17296ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #16 AB172 Smyth — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 172 Smyth Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB172 Smyth By Runner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 172 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 172 SMYTH Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-05-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1627.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1981.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2844.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2009-09-09** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly. Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and whereby the bill was enrolled and presented to the Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2009-09-09** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2009-09-10** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2009-09-10** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-09-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 2382.)
- **2009-09-10** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2403.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3363.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6134952e-eed3-4e51-b2f4-c48d55408c51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).