Beverage containers: wine and distilled spirits.
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AB 2779 — Beverage containers: wine and distilled spirits.
Last action — In committee: Held under submission.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Assembly
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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
(1) Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, requires that every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state have a minimum refund value. A beverage distributor is required to pay a redemption payment to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state to a dealer, and the department is required to deposit those amounts in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department to pay refund values and administrative fees to processors, to fund a reserve for contingencies and, after setting specified funds aside, for various purposes relating to beverage container recycling, litter cleanup and prevention, and education. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law defines the term "beverage" to include certain types of products in liquid, ready-to-drink form and excludes, among other things, wine or wine from which alcohol has been removed. This bill would revise this definition of beverage to include wine, or wine from which alcohol has been removed, sold in an aluminum beverage container and distilled spirits sold in an aluminum beverage container. Since the additional payments for the beverage containers that this bill would make subject to the act would be deposited in a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would also impose a state-mandated local program by creating new crimes relating to the regulation of beverage containers. (2) Existing law requires the invoice or other form of accounting of a transaction submitted by a beverage distributor to a dealer to separately identify the amount of any redemption payment imposed on beverage containers and prohibits that identification from combining or including the gross wholesale price with the redemption payment, except as specified for distributors of beer and malt beverages and wine or distilled spirit coolers. This bill would additionally exempt distributors of wine sold in aluminum beverage containers and distributors of distilled spirits sold in aluminum beverage containers from those requirements. (3) Existing law provides, with regard to the sale of beer and other malt beverages or wine and distilled spirits cooler beverages, that any amount of redemption payment imposed is subject to a specified provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, a violation of which is a crime. This bill would additionally subject any amount of redemption payment imposed on wine sold in an aluminum beverage container or distilled spirits sold in an aluminum beverage container to that provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. The bill would thereby impose a state-mandated local program by creating new crimes under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Bill Text
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Action History
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In committee: Held under submission.
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In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Referred to Com. on E.Q.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4831.)
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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Introduced. To print.
Sponsors
- Jacqui Irwin · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Irwin, Jacqui Democratic
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 57% | 0% | 0% | 43% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Kamlager | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Not Voting |
| Bradford | — | Not Voting |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 0% | 0% | 29% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Not Voting |
| Allen, Benjamin | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 74 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (78)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Villapudua | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Kiley | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Cunningham | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Not Voting |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Vince Fong | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Bennett, Steve | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Cervantes, Sabrina | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Haney, Matt | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Lee, Alex | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Ward, Christopher M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Wilson, Lori D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Valladares, Suzette Martinez | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (16)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Vince Fong | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah | Democratic | Yea |
| Wilson, Lori D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 2779 do?
- (1) Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, requires that every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state have a minimum refund value. A beverage distributor is required to pay a redemption payment to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state to a dealer, and the department is required to deposit those amounts in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department to pay refund values and administrative fees to processors, to fund a reserve for contingencies and, after setting specified funds aside, for various purposes relating to beverage container recycling, litter cleanup and prevention, and education. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law defines the term "beverage" to include certain types of products in liquid, ready-to-drink form and excludes, among other things, wine or wine from which alcohol has been removed. This bill would revise this definition of beverage to include wine, or wine from which alcohol has been removed, sold in an aluminum beverage container and distilled spirits sold in an aluminum beverage container. Since the additional payments for the beverage containers that this bill would make subject to the act would be deposited in a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would also impose a state-mandated local program by creating new crimes relating to the regulation of beverage containers. (2) Existing law requires the invoice or other form of accounting of a transaction submitted by a beverage distributor to a dealer to separately identify the amount of any redemption payment imposed on beverage containers and prohibits that identification from combining or including the gross wholesale price with the redemption payment, except as specified for distributors of beer and malt beverages and wine or distilled spirit coolers. This bill would additionally exempt distributors of wine sold in aluminum beverage containers and distributors of distilled spirits sold in aluminum beverage containers from those requirements. (3) Existing law provides, with regard to the sale of beer and other malt beverages or wine and distilled spirits cooler beverages, that any amount of redemption payment imposed is subject to a specified provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, a violation of which is a crime. This bill would additionally subject any amount of redemption payment imposed on wine sold in an aluminum beverage container or distilled spirits sold in an aluminum beverage container to that provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. The bill would thereby impose a state-mandated local program by creating new crimes under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Who sponsors AB 2779?
- AB 2779 is sponsored by Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic).
- What is the current status of AB 2779?
- This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 2779?
- Track AB 2779 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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