California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 1971 — Alcoholic beverages.

Last action — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hall.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 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.

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Summary

(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (act) authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (department) to conduct administrative hearings for, among other things, violations of the act by a licensee. Existing law allows a licensee to appeal specified decisions to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, authorizes a person to request a transcript of a hearing from the department for a case on appeal, and allows a party to an appeal to request the right to appear before the board for argument. This bill would require an audio record to be kept as the official record of any administrative hearing conducted by the department, would require the department to provide an audio recording, when one has been made, of a hearing to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board and each party in lieu of a transcript for a case on appeal, and would require an audio record to be kept of an argument before the board. The bill would prohibit the department from making the official record of any administrative hearing by videographic recording and would provide that this type of recording is inadmissible in any proceeding before the board. (2) The act authorizes a licensee under an on-sale general license or an on-sale beer and wine license to apply to the department for an event permit that allows the sale of alcoholic beverages under that license for consumption on property adjacent to the licensed premises and owned or under the control of the licensee. The act also authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer to apply to the department for a brewery event permit that allows the sale of beer produced by that beer manufacturer for consumption on property contiguous and adjacent to the licensed premises of the manufacturer. Under the act, the fee for an event permit issued to an on-sale general licensee or an on-sale beer and wine licensee is $110 for permits issued during the 2004 calendar year and indexed for inflation thereafter, and the fee for a brewery event permit issued during the 2017 calendar year is $110 and indexed for inflation thereafter, as specified. Under the act, these and other fees collected pursuant to the act are deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund and are generally allocated to the department upon appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would revise the fee for a brewery event permit to be identical to the fee for an event permit issued to an on-sale general licensee or an on-sale beer and wine licensee, as described above. (3) The act authorizes the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of facilities meeting specified criteria, including location in a specified city, county, or university campus. This bill would, in addition, allow a beer manufacturer, the holder of a winegrower's license, a rectifier, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or distilled spirits manufacturer's agent to purchase advertising time and space from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee if the licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of stadiums and arenas subject to specified conditions, including that the advertising time and space is purchased only in connection with events to be held on the premises of those stadiums or arenas, but without specifying the location of the facility.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hall.

  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  3. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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

  5. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14).

  7. Referred to Com. on G.O.

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

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4786.)

  10. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  11. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4).

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Referred to Com. on G.O.

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

  15. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Cooper · Primary

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Cooper

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11001
Democratic 1000
Total 12001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Bates — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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AB 1971 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Gray — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chau — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Burke — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 20000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Daly — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Holden — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18000
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1971 do?
(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (act) authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (department) to conduct administrative hearings for, among other things, violations of the act by a licensee. Existing law allows a licensee to appeal specified decisions to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, authorizes a person to request a transcript of a hearing from the department for a case on appeal, and allows a party to an appeal to request the right to appear before the board for argument. This bill would require an audio record to be kept as the official record of any administrative hearing conducted by the department, would require the department to provide an audio recording, when one has been made, of a hearing to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board and each party in lieu of a transcript for a case on appeal, and would require an audio record to be kept of an argument before the board. The bill would prohibit the department from making the official record of any administrative hearing by videographic recording and would provide that this type of recording is inadmissible in any proceeding before the board. (2) The act authorizes a licensee under an on-sale general license or an on-sale beer and wine license to apply to the department for an event permit that allows the sale of alcoholic beverages under that license for consumption on property adjacent to the licensed premises and owned or under the control of the licensee. The act also authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer to apply to the department for a brewery event permit that allows the sale of beer produced by that beer manufacturer for consumption on property contiguous and adjacent to the licensed premises of the manufacturer. Under the act, the fee for an event permit issued to an on-sale general licensee or an on-sale beer and wine licensee is $110 for permits issued during the 2004 calendar year and indexed for inflation thereafter, and the fee for a brewery event permit issued during the 2017 calendar year is $110 and indexed for inflation thereafter, as specified. Under the act, these and other fees collected pursuant to the act are deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund and are generally allocated to the department upon appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would revise the fee for a brewery event permit to be identical to the fee for an event permit issued to an on-sale general licensee or an on-sale beer and wine licensee, as described above. (3) The act authorizes the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of facilities meeting specified criteria, including location in a specified city, county, or university campus. This bill would, in addition, allow a beer manufacturer, the holder of a winegrower's license, a rectifier, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or distilled spirits manufacturer's agent to purchase advertising time and space from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee if the licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of stadiums and arenas subject to specified conditions, including that the advertising time and space is purchased only in connection with events to be held on the premises of those stadiums or arenas, but without specifying the location of the facility.
Who sponsors AB 1971?
AB 1971 is sponsored by Cooper.
What is the current status of AB 1971?
This bill died with 2015-2016 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 1971?
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