republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-436.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising: City of Napa."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act generally prohibits a manufacturer, winegrower, distiller, bottler, or wholesaler, among other licensees, or agents of these licensees, from paying a retailer for advertising. The act creates a variety of exceptions from this prohibition, including permitting specified licensees to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee that is an owner, manager, or major tenant of certain stadiums, parks, entertainment complexes, and arenas, subject to specified conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 436"
citation: "California AB 436 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising: City of Napa."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c495ec-0873-4c67-855c-a9f4781e7f2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB436"
source_hash: "ed7bd38ebd47979c72d3a34e639fefbb9eed7cd40bb86c112aa9442b271c0b52"
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 436 (20192020) — Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: advertising: City of Napa.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act generally prohibits a manufacturer, winegrower, distiller, bottler, or wholesaler, among other licensees, or agents of these licensees, from paying a retailer for advertising. The act creates a variety of exceptions from this prohibition, including permitting specified licensees to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee that is an owner, manager, or major tenant of certain stadiums, parks, entertainment complexes, and arenas, subject to specified conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB436&version=20190AB43699INT)
2. **06/04/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB436&version=20190AB43698AMD)
3. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB436&version=20190AB43696CHP)
4. **AB436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB436)
5. **08/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB436&version=20190AB43697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 436 Aguiar-Curry Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB436 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Dodd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 436 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
- Dodd — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1189.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** 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`
- **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2139.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2718.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 175, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1c495ec-0873-4c67-855c-a9f4781e7f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).