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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverages: beer."
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description: "Existing law defines \"beer\" for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act as any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in water."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 205"
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citation: "California AB 205 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: beer."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-01-14"
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last_action: "2019-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68773b97-be3f-4805-b7b2-dc46b5acaf20"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB205"
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source_hash: "75c35b3e4e206ba8714a8396d261b859da1d5ad8eb8f903c7b8101c5355e70f1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 205 (20192020) — Alcoholic beverages: beer.
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Existing law defines "beer" for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act as any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in water.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB205&version=20190AB20599INT)
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2. **03/13/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB205&version=20190AB20598AMD)
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3. **05/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB205&version=20190AB20597AMD)
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4. **07/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB205&version=20190AB20595CHP)
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5. **AB205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB205)
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6. **06/28/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB205&version=20190AB20596ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent AB205 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 205 Daly Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 205 Daly Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Daly — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
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- **2019-02-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 916.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-23** 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-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-06-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2019-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1679.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2019-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2457.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 60, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68773b97-be3f-4805-b7b2-dc46b5acaf20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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