Bill Text: CA AB2978 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2978

Introduced

Bill Title: Alcoholic beverage control: distilled spirits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-17 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. [AB2978 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2978-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2978

Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner

February 16, 2024

An act to amend Section 25170 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2978, as introduced, Boerner. Alcoholic beverage control: distilled spirits.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. Existing law prohibits a person from delivering, as specified, or possessing a container of distilled spirits that does not have a label plainly indicating certain information, including the quantity and proof strength of the contents, and makes a violation of that prohibition a misdemeanor.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that misdemeanor provision.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 25170 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

25170.

~~Any~~ A person who delivers to the premises of ~~any~~ an on- or off-sale general licensee, or ~~any~~ an on- or off-sale general licensee who has upon ~~his~~ their licensed premises, or ~~any~~ a person who possesses ~~any~~ distilled spirits the container of which does not bear a label plainly indicating the quantity and proof strength of the contents and the name of the manufacturer, rectifier, importer, or wholesaler thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor. To the extent that such information is blown into the glass of the container, it constitutes a compliance with this section.