California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 2573 — Beer: premiums, gifts, and free goods.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act generally prohibits any licensee from giving any premiums, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale or distribution of any alcoholic beverage, except as permitted by rule adopted by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The act prohibits the department from adopting a rule that permits a licensee to give any premium, gift, or free good of greater than inconsequential value, in connection with the sale or distribution of beer, except as specified. The act provides, with respect to beer, that premiums, gifts, or free goods, including specified advertising specialties, are deemed to have greater than inconsequential value if they cost more than $0.25 per unit, or cost more than $15 in the aggregate for all those items given by a single supplier to a single retail premises per calendar year. This bill would authorize a beer manufacturer, without direct or indirect charge, to give up to five cases of retail advertising glassware to an on-sale retail licensee, per licensed location, each calendar year for use at the licensed location. The bill would permit an on-sale retail licensee to accept, without direct or indirect charge, up to 10 cases of retail advertising glassware, per licensed location, from licensed beer manufacturers each calendar year for use at the licensed location. The bill would prohibit the on-sale retail licensee from selling the glassware, giving it away, or returning it to a manufacturer for cash, credit, or replacement, would prohibit the on-sale retail licensee from conditioning the purchase of a beer manufacturer's product or products on the giving of retail advertising glassware by that beer manufacturer, and would prohibit a beer wholesaler from contributing to specified costs associated with the glassware or serving as the agent of the beer manufacturer to deliver, stock, or store glassware for an on-sale retailer. The bill would prescribe definitions in this regard.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  3. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5518.).

  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16).

  7. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Referred to Com. on G.O.

  10. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5594.)

  12. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5363.)

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25).

  15. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  16. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

  18. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. Read second time and amended.

  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 18).

  21. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.

  25. Referred to Com. on G.O.

  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

  27. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Low · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Low

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB2573 Low By Dodd

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Hill — Yea
Chang — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2573 LOW Assembly Third Reading

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57000
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 78000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Chau — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Burke — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 4000
Unaffiliated 15000
Republican 2000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2573 do?
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act generally prohibits any licensee from giving any premiums, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale or distribution of any alcoholic beverage, except as permitted by rule adopted by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The act prohibits the department from adopting a rule that permits a licensee to give any premium, gift, or free good of greater than inconsequential value, in connection with the sale or distribution of beer, except as specified. The act provides, with respect to beer, that premiums, gifts, or free goods, including specified advertising specialties, are deemed to have greater than inconsequential value if they cost more than $0.25 per unit, or cost more than $15 in the aggregate for all those items given by a single supplier to a single retail premises per calendar year. This bill would authorize a beer manufacturer, without direct or indirect charge, to give up to five cases of retail advertising glassware to an on-sale retail licensee, per licensed location, each calendar year for use at the licensed location. The bill would permit an on-sale retail licensee to accept, without direct or indirect charge, up to 10 cases of retail advertising glassware, per licensed location, from licensed beer manufacturers each calendar year for use at the licensed location. The bill would prohibit the on-sale retail licensee from selling the glassware, giving it away, or returning it to a manufacturer for cash, credit, or replacement, would prohibit the on-sale retail licensee from conditioning the purchase of a beer manufacturer's product or products on the giving of retail advertising glassware by that beer manufacturer, and would prohibit a beer wholesaler from contributing to specified costs associated with the glassware or serving as the agent of the beer manufacturer to deliver, stock, or store glassware for an on-sale retailer. The bill would prescribe definitions in this regard.
Who sponsors AB 2573?
AB 2573 is sponsored by Low.
What is the current status of AB 2573?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2573?
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