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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverages."
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description: "Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. Existing law limits the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 445"
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citation: "California AB 445 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Alcoholicbeverages"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-06"
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last_action: "2025-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/665e00f9-d314-4633-b054-9949d413c28d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445"
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source_hash: "06d4655f695d5f1e4e741d32b621541aff93bce4eb9e008029cc769ff32b24d9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 445 (20252026) — Alcoholic beverages.
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Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. Existing law limits the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/06/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445&version=20250AB44599INT)
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2. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445&version=20250AB44598AMD)
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3. **06/16/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445&version=20250AB44597AMD)
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4. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445&version=20250AB44596AMD)
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5. **09/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445&version=20250AB44595AMD)
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6. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445&version=20250AB44593CHP)
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7. **AB445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445)
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8. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB445&version=20250AB44594ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 445 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 445 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent AB445 Aguiar-Curry By Niello — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
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- **2025-02-18** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-28** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 1307.)
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1602.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-28** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-23** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2932.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3374.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 153, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/665e00f9-d314-4633-b054-9949d413c28d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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