republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2184.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions."
description: "Existing law, known as tied-house restrictions, prohibits specified licensees from furnishing, giving, or lending money or other thing of value, directly or indirectly, to a person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining an off-sale licensed premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2184"
citation: "California AB 2184 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4730cbf3-e365-4b05-8aea-16da37997116"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2184"
source_hash: "81909cae280e6f6eb893a8ca14143e1a6bbbeb55ee964a36dfff6b05af71ec48"
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 2184 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions.

Existing law, known as tied-house restrictions, prohibits specified licensees from furnishing, giving, or lending money or other thing of value, directly or indirectly, to a person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining an off-sale licensed premises.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2184&version=20110AB218499INT)
2. **06/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2184&version=20110AB218498AMD)
3. **08/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2184&version=20110AB218497AMD)
4. **09/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2184&version=20110AB218495CHP)
5. **AB2184** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2184)
6. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2184&version=20110AB218496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2184 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2184 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB2184 Hall By Wright — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4785.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-20** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4785.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6495.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 480, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4730cbf3-e365-4b05-8aea-16da37997116`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).