republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1283.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Brewpub-restaurant licensees: beer sales."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. Existing law authorizes the issuance of a brewpub-restaurant license, as a form of on-sale retail license, to persons or entities who manufacture not less than 100 barrels and not more than 5,000 barrels of beer annually on the licensed premises, subject to specified conditions and restrictions, and authorizes the sale of beer produced by the licensee for consumption on the premises. The act also prescribes requirements for licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of beer, and allows beer manufacturers to refill containers supplied by consumers, as provided. The act provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor if not otherwise specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1283"
citation: "California SB 1283 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Brewpub-restaurant licensees: beer sales."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fcd7e8d-b4c0-4ea9-bf2b-e18ba7ea717a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1283"
source_hash: "4e9ec4a7220ffa7411efbbdb70b6429adf5c0b7d581f94b06a3cd251115d0db3"
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 SB 1283 (20172018) — Brewpub-restaurant licensees: beer sales.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. Existing law authorizes the issuance of a brewpub-restaurant license, as a form of on-sale retail license, to persons or entities who manufacture not less than 100 barrels and not more than 5,000 barrels of beer annually on the licensed premises, subject to specified conditions and restrictions, and authorizes the sale of beer produced by the licensee for consumption on the premises. The act also prescribes requirements for licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of beer, and allows beer manufacturers to refill containers supplied by consumers, as provided. The act provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor if not otherwise specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1283&version=20170SB128399INT)
2. **04/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1283&version=20170SB128398AMD)
3. **05/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1283&version=20170SB128397AMD)
4. **07/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1283&version=20170SB128396AMD)
5. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1283&version=20170SB128394CHP)
6. **SB1283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1283)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1283&version=20170SB128395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1283 Bradford Senate Third Reading By BERMAN — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1283 Bradford Concurrence — **38–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 4785.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-04-30** May 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-09** May 14 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2018-05-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `reading-2, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 4339.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** June 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** From consent calendar.
- **2018-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6584.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 5868.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 736, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fcd7e8d-b4c0-4ea9-bf2b-e18ba7ea717a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).