Bill Text: CA AB416 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Sale of shochu.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 653, Statutes of 2023. [AB416 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB416-Chaptered.html
Assembly Bill
No. 416
CHAPTER 653
An act to amend Section 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.
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Approved by
Governor
October 10, 2023.
Filed with
Secretary of State
October 10, 2023.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 416, Muratsuchi.
Sale of shochu.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. The act provides that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
This bill would provide that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:23398.5.
Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of both of the following:(a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
(b) Shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
