republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-21.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: brewpub-restaurant licenses."
description: "Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law establishes specified types of alcoholic beverage licenses and prescribes the rights and duties of the respective licensees. Existing law authorizes the issuance of a brewpub-restaurant license to a person that manufactures not less than 200 barrels and not more than 5,000 barrels of beer annually on the licensed premises, subject to specified conditions. Existing law specifies that a brewpub-restaurant license does not authorize the brewpub-restaurant licensee to sell, furnish, or exchange any alcoholic beverages with any licensed beer manufacturer regardless of any other licenses held by the licensed beer manufacturer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "California SB 21 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: brewpub-restaurant licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/359ee8fe-ad2f-49c0-a1af-50f7acb7efd0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB21"
source_hash: "86e7c7019743dc1fa61440705cdae7569c634f31fd6dc9efcbaca1af37b3732b"
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 21 (20192020) — Alcoholic beverages: brewpub-restaurant licenses.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law establishes specified types of alcoholic beverage licenses and prescribes the rights and duties of the respective licensees. Existing law authorizes the issuance of a brewpub-restaurant license to a person that manufactures not less than 200 barrels and not more than 5,000 barrels of beer annually on the licensed premises, subject to specified conditions. Existing law specifies that a brewpub-restaurant license does not authorize the brewpub-restaurant licensee to sell, furnish, or exchange any alcoholic beverages with any licensed beer manufacturer regardless of any other licenses held by the licensed beer manufacturer.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB21&version=20190SB2199INT)
2. **02/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB21&version=20190SB2198AMD)
3. **03/14/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB21&version=20190SB2197AMD)
4. **08/26/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB21&version=20190SB2196AMD)
5. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB21&version=20190SB2194CHP)
6. **SB21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB21)
7. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB21&version=20190SB2195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 21 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Gray — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB21 Dodd Urgency Clause Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Set for hearing March 12.
- **2019-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 331.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2019-04-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 742.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2954.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2529.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 362, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/359ee8fe-ad2f-49c0-a1af-50f7acb7efd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).