republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1589.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: appeals: tied-house restrictions."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act establishes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to license the manufacture, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The act also establishes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board to review the department's decisions ordering penalty assessments and issuing, denying, transferring, suspending, or revoking a license, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1589"
citation: "California AB 1589 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages: appeals: tied-house restrictions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a86ab40f-a262-4687-a992-111ea3073ce1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1589"
source_hash: "ec2d924b316e9d0763f85debf51dfad4932ea030778311a454c2c7521b6154f5"
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 1589 (20212022) — Alcoholic beverages: appeals: tied-house restrictions.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act establishes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to license the manufacture, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The act also establishes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board to review the department's decisions ordering penalty assessments and issuing, denying, transferring, suspending, or revoking a license, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1589&version=20210AB158999INT)
2. **06/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1589&version=20210AB158998AMD)
3. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1589&version=20210AB158996CHP)
4. **AB1589** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1589)
5. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1589&version=20210AB158997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1589 G.O. (Frazier) By Dodd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1589 G.O. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FRAZIER — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1589 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** From printer. May be heard in committee April 17.
- **2021-03-25** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1657.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-06-16** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-19** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2455.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
- **2021-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2926.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a86ab40f-a262-4687-a992-111ea3073ce1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).