republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1088.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensed craft distillers: direct shipping."
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 provides for the licensure and regulation of craft distillers and prohibits issuance of a craft distiller's license to any person, or any officer, director, employee, or agent of a person, among others, who manufactures more than 150,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year within or without the state, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes a licensed craft distiller to directly ship distilled spirits manufactured or produced by the licensee at its premises to a consumer pursuant to specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1088"
citation: "California AB 1088 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensed craft distillers", "direct shipping"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanca Rubio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b99bd4e-4bb8-4224-b4c6-edd2b639f400"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1088"
source_hash: "fb1a869f17deb905478fddab3b6486ddb0347644e57163676dbb525d72d525d6"
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 1088 (20232024) — Licensed craft distillers: direct shipping.

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 provides for the licensure and regulation of craft distillers and prohibits issuance of a craft distiller's license to any person, or any officer, director, employee, or agent of a person, among others, who manufactures more than 150,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year within or without the state, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes a licensed craft distiller to directly ship distilled spirits manufactured or produced by the licensee at its premises to a consumer pursuant to specified requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1088&version=20230AB108899INT)
2. **03/09/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1088&version=20230AB108898AMD)
3. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1088&version=20230AB108896CHP)
4. **AB1088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1088)
5. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1088&version=20230AB108897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1088 Blanca Rubio By Alvarado-Gil — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1088 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanca Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1894.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2416.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 829, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b99bd4e-4bb8-4224-b4c6-edd2b639f400`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).