republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-840.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licenses: imports."
description: "(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act makes it unlawful for any person other than a licensee of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell, manufacture, or import alcoholic beverages in this state, with exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 840"
citation: "California AB 840 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: licenses: imports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahle"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09da2fad-b282-4bc8-a36c-99fab50eb23a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840"
source_hash: "a0e80393fd1ecf13e46e7a3667b832c7fa7f4ae925672db60b74806324c205e5"
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 840 (20192020) — Alcoholic beverages: licenses: imports.

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. The act makes it unlawful for any person other than a licensee of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell, manufacture, or import alcoholic beverages in this state, with exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84099INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84098AMD)
3. **04/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84097AMD)
4. **05/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84096AMD)
5. **06/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84095AMD)
6. **06/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84094AMD)
7. **08/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84093AMD)
8. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84091CHP)
9. **AB840** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840)
10. **09/11/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB840&version=20190AB84092ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 840 Dahle Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GRAY — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 840 Dahle Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB840 Dahle By Dahle — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dahle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** 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`
- **2019-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-04-12** 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`
- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1770.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** 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`
- **2019-06-27** 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`
- **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2280.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3169.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 355, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09da2fad-b282-4bc8-a36c-99fab50eb23a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).