republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1011.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages."
description: "(1) Existing law, 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. Existing law establishes limitations on the number of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided. Existing law provides an exception to the license limitation for a county of the 6th class, as specified, for 5 new original neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses for premises located within specified census tracts in that county, subject to specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1011"
citation: "California SB 1011 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd7617cd-84c8-4d3a-9ecf-2a158b63f4a1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1011"
source_hash: "a4e823b6a88725ad743e198dc0ba20e00ff512cf163e7b8037296801c7c66d0a"
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 1011 (20212022) — Alcoholic beverages.

(1) Existing law, 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. Existing law establishes limitations on the number of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located, as provided. Existing law provides an exception to the license limitation for a county of the 6th class, as specified, for 5 new original neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses for premises located within specified census tracts in that county, subject to specified requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1011&version=20210SB101199INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1011&version=20210SB101198AMD)
3. **07/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1011&version=20210SB101196CHP)
4. **SB1011** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1011)
5. **07/05/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1011&version=20210SB101197ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1011 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1011 G.O. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-15** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3251.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3476.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5640.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd7617cd-84c8-4d3a-9ecf-2a158b63f4a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).