republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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, 2025, 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 3203"
citation: "California AB 3203 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Craft distillers", "direct shipping"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe35817-2e0d-4fed-b7c8-3cbe9ccb388e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3203"
source_hash: "786b8bc869491a0786e8174e961dddcee277c0aeea0d8024311e8d3f33f15418"
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 3203 (20232024) — 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, 2025, 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. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3203&version=20230AB320399INT)
2. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3203&version=20230AB320397CHP)
3. **AB3203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3203)
4. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3203&version=20230AB320398ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3203 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB3203 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Wilk — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
- Davies — 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** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5531.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** 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** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-08-28** 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`
- **2024-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, 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/5fe35817-2e0d-4fed-b7c8-3cbe9ccb388e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).