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AB 1991STATE · CaliforniaIntroduced

Alcoholic beverages: market research study: taste testing.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application for, and issuance and suspension of, alcoholic beverage licenses. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act prohibits a licensee from giving a premium, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale and distribution of any alcoholic beverage, except as provided. This bill would authorize a licensed winegrower, licensed beer manufacturer, licensed distilled spirits manufacturer, licensed craft distiller, licensed brandy manufacturer, licensed rectifier, or licensed wine rectifier to furnish tastes of alcoholic beverages as part of a bona fide market research study undertaken by or for the licensee for the sole purpose of measuring consumer perceptions with respect to the sensory characteristics of the alcoholic beverages. The bill would authorize the taste testing to be conducted in the state, subject to specified conditions, including, among other things, prohibiting a taste testing participant from being provided more taste samples than is reasonably necessary to formulate an opinion related to the sensory characteristics of an alcoholic beverage. This bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.

Voted 8/31/2026View source

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

72 yea·0 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 6/24/2026Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  2. 6/23/2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23).
  3. 6/16/2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
  4. 6/3/2026Referred to Com. on G.O.
  5. 5/21/2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  6. 5/21/2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5215.)
  7. 5/18/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. 5/14/2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
  9. 4/22/2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  10. 4/9/2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.