republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-247.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages: licensing exemptions: barbering and cosmetology services."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits anyone from manufacturing, importing, or selling alcoholic beverages in California without a license from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law creates certain exceptions from this proscription, including by allowing the serving of beer or wine without a license or permit as part of a beauty salon service or barber shop service, subject to additional restrictions on the sizes of the beverages and hours of service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "California SB 247 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages", "barbering and cosmetology services", "licensing exemptions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0840dcb-0af5-4c21-816f-254cb6dfd4a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247"
source_hash: "cc5098be6037e4bbb1f76a50db0bab2e673a9990d65c870402c996458e78dc4e"
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 247 (20232024) — Alcoholic beverages: licensing exemptions: barbering and cosmetology services.

Existing law generally prohibits anyone from manufacturing, importing, or selling alcoholic beverages in California without a license from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law creates certain exceptions from this proscription, including by allowing the serving of beer or wine without a license or permit as part of a beauty salon service or barber shop service, subject to additional restrictions on the sizes of the beverages and hours of service.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247&version=20230SB24799INT)
2. **02/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247&version=20230SB24798AMD)
3. **09/22/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247&version=20230SB24796CHP)
4. **SB247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247)
5. **09/01/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB247&version=20230SB24797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 247 Wilk Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 26.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 872.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1342.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2865.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 212, 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/d0840dcb-0af5-4c21-816f-254cb6dfd4a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).