AB 2307 — Alcoholic beverages: beer manufacturers: branch offices.

Summary

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue to a beer manufacturer a duplicate of its original license for a location or locations other than its licensed premises of production or manufacture. Existing law authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer to exercise the privileges under its manufacturer's license at branch offices, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications. In this regard, existing law prohibits a beer manufacturer from selling alcoholic beverages to consumers for consumption on or off the licensed premises, or providing authorized tastings to consumers, at more than 6 branch office locations, regardless of how many beer manufacturer licenses the beer manufacturer holds, either alone or under common ownership with any other licensed beer manufacturer. Existing law further prohibits more than 2 of these 6 branch locations from being bona fide public eating places owned and operated by and for the beer manufacturer. This bill would increase the number of authorized branch office locations for purposes of the provisions described above from 6 to 8 and would prohibit more than 4 of these locations from being bona fide public eating places owned and operated by and for the beer manufacturer. The bill would prohibit a beer manufacturer from being eligible to receive a 7th or an 8th duplicate license until it has held a 6th duplicate license for a minimum of one year. Existing law, applicable to a beer manufacturer with an authorized branch office location selling beer and wine to consumers for consumption on the premises of a bona fide public eating place, restricts the types of alcoholic beverages that may be sold. Existing law authorizes the sale, in this context, of beer and wine that is purchased by the beer manufacturer from a licensed wholesaler that is not owned, either alone or under common ownership, by the beer manufacturer. This bill, with regard to the beer and wine sold that is purchased from a wholesaler, as described above, would delete the requirement that the wholesaler not be owned, either alone or under common ownership, by the beer manufacturer. Existing law, known as tied-house restrictions, generally prohibits specified licensees, or the officers, directors, or agents of those licensees, from giving or lending money or a thing of value to a person operating, owning, or maintaining any on-sale premises where alcoholic beverages are sold. Existing law prohibits beer manufacturers, as specified, regardless of how many beer manufacturer licenses they hold, from exercising retail privileges that would result in the exercise of those privileges at more than 6 locations, as specified. This bill would increase the number of locations to 8 at which beer manufacturers may exercise retail privileges, provided that no more than 6 of the locations may be on-sale licenses. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 25503.28 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 2301 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2301 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/30/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 30, 2022
• Enrolled 08/24/22 - Enrolled pdf August 24, 2022
• Amended 08/02/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 02, 2022
• Amended 06/06/22 - Amended Senate pdf June 06, 2022
• Amended 04/26/22 - Amended Assembly pdf April 26, 2022
• Introduced 02/16/22 - Introduced pdf February 16, 2022
• AB2307 View text html

Action History

1. September 30, 2022

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 962, Statutes of 2022.

2. September 30, 2022

   Approved by the Governor.

3. August 29, 2022

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

4. August 22, 2022

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5983.).

5. August 18, 2022

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. August 18, 2022

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4905.).

7. August 03, 2022

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. August 02, 2022

   Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

9. June 28, 2022

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

10. June 27, 2022

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

11. June 15, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. June 06, 2022

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

13. May 25, 2022

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

14. May 17, 2022

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

15. May 16, 2022

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4706.)

16. May 12, 2022

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

17. May 11, 2022

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11).

18. April 27, 2022

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

19. April 26, 2022

    Read second time and amended.

20. April 25, 2022

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

21. March 03, 2022

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

22. February 17, 2022

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

23. February 16, 2022

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Marc Berman · Primary
• Wood · Cosponsor

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