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Bill	Alcoholic beverages: entertainment zones: consumption.	The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law defines "entertainment zone" for purposes of the act as a zone created by ordinance on or after January 1, 2024, in the City and County of San Francisco, that authorizes consumption of one or more types of alcoholic beverages on public streets, sidewalks, or public rights-of-way adjacent to and during a special event permitted or licensed by the department. Existing law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to establish an entertainment zone, subject to certain requirements, including providing specified information relating to the entertainment zone to the department and establishing a process or procedure by which persons in possession of alcoholic beverages in the entertainment zone may be readily identifiable as being 21 years of age or older.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 969	California SB 969 (20232024)	bill	Alcoholic beverages consumption entertainment zones	enacted	Wiener	6	28	8	2024-01-25	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/f71627e7-4109-4b7f-8e88-dfd6d09b1e63	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB969	5a1f883636103e56dc2588c24fb2f0e783da9afc247c8af8dc09d10786885249	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 969 (20232024) — Alcoholic beverages: entertainment zones: consumption.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law defines "entertainment zone" for purposes of the act as a zone created by ordinance on or after January 1, 2024, in the City and County of San Francisco, that authorizes consumption of one or more types of alcoholic beverages on public streets, sidewalks, or public rights-of-way adjacent to and during a special event permitted or licensed by the department. Existing law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to establish an entertainment zone, subject to certain requirements, including providing specified information relating to the entertainment zone to the department and establishing a process or procedure by which persons in possession of alcoholic beverages in the entertainment zone may be readily identifiable as being 21 years of age or older.

Version chain

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

1. 01/25/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/22/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB969 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB969 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB969 Wiener et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 969 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Haney — 72–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)
• Haney — principal coauthor (person)
• Lee — principal coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 25.
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Set for hearing March 12.
• 2024-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3282.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-03-28 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2024-04-08 April 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3966.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2024-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4178.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2024-06-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-02 July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 6549.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5510.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 869, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f71627e7-4109-4b7f-8e88-dfd6d09b1e63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).