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type: "Bill"
title: "Sale of soju and shochu."
description: "The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. The act provides that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage, as specified, and shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2069"
citation: "California AB 2069 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sale of soju and shochu"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc1096fb-a99b-4f68-90b2-24ce876f02af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2069"
source_hash: "5f966b7112ec1e0a081212fd44f5f75cdfbaa1530823cc2d44f1aa444d3b9786"
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 2069 (20232024) — Sale of soju and shochu.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. The act provides that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage, as specified, and shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/05/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2069&version=20230AB206999INT)
2. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2069&version=20230AB206997CHP)
3. **AB2069** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2069)
4. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2069&version=20230AB206998ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB2069 Gallagher et al. By Jones — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **140** (pass) · lower
- AB 2069 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — **650** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **150** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gallagher — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Jim Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ta — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5158.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-22** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc1096fb-a99b-4f68-90b2-24ce876f02af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).