republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-573.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains limitations on sales commonly known as \"tied-house\" restrictions, which generally prohibit a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer's agent, California winegrower's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler from furnishing, giving, or lending any money or other thing of value to any person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining any off-sale licensed premises. Existing law exempts from specified tied-house restrictions the occasional inspection and cleaning by beer manufacturers and wholesalers of beer taps and tapping equipment, as provided. Existing law also permits a beer manufacturer or beer wholesaler to furnish, give, rent, lend, or sell, any equipment, fixtures, or supplies, other than alcoholic beverages, to a retailer whose equipment, fixtures, or supplies were lost or damaged as a result of a natural disaster, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 573"
citation: "California AB 573 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/104a57af-cb88-4a0b-98bc-5cea3a34af07"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB573"
source_hash: "c584ada6ab936c8c96e8e9ccd216d47c868e41038ae639c30132d82443ed152a"
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 573 (20112012) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains limitations on sales commonly known as "tied-house" restrictions, which generally prohibit a manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer's agent, California winegrower's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler from furnishing, giving, or lending any money or other thing of value to any person engaged in operating, owning, or maintaining any off-sale licensed premises. Existing law exempts from specified tied-house restrictions the occasional inspection and cleaning by beer manufacturers and wholesalers of beer taps and tapping equipment, as provided. Existing law also permits a beer manufacturer or beer wholesaler to furnish, give, rent, lend, or sell, any equipment, fixtures, or supplies, other than alcoholic beverages, to a retailer whose equipment, fixtures, or supplies were lost or damaged as a result of a natural disaster, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB573&version=20110AB57399INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB573&version=20110AB57398AMD)
3. **06/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB573&version=20110AB57397AMD)
4. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB573&version=20110AB57395CHP)
5. **AB573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB573)
6. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB573&version=20110AB57396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 573 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 573 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1354.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-15** 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. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4444.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6404.)
- **2012-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6615.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 367, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/104a57af-cb88-4a0b-98bc-5cea3a34af07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).