republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2991.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control: retailer payments: electronic funds transfers."
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 and generally makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor. Existing law imposes various restrictions on the hours of sale and delivery of alcoholic beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2991"
citation: "California AB 2991 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverage control", "electronic funds transfers", "retailer payments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valencia"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c488c6a-93cf-4705-b267-1a17a1e902bf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2991"
source_hash: "71ab0d8c97438fe7c1733e5ee5dad4551bece3753b4dd0ae6a27517f57f83ad7"
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 2991 (20232024) — Alcoholic beverage control: retailer payments: electronic funds transfers.

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 and generally makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor. Existing law imposes various restrictions on the hours of sale and delivery of alcoholic beverages.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2991&version=20230AB299199INT)
2. **05/09/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2991&version=20230AB299198AMD)
3. **06/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2991&version=20230AB299197AMD)
4. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2991&version=20230AB299196AMD)
5. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2991&version=20230AB299194CHP)
6. **AB2991** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2991)
7. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2991&version=20230AB299195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2991 Valencia et al. By Dodd — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2991 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2991 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valencia — primary (person)
- Jim Patterson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-04-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-05-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5147.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5353.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** 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`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-08-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-15** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 426, 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/0c488c6a-93cf-4705-b267-1a17a1e902bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).