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AB 744STATE · CaliforniaIntroduced

Alcoholic beverage control: tied-house restrictions: exceptions: off-sale retail services.

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, known as tied-house restrictions, generally prohibits specified licensees from giving or lending money or a thing of value to a person operating, owning, or maintaining premises where alcoholic beverages are sold. Existing law creates various exceptions to tied-house restrictions, including permitting a licensee to perform specified services for off-sale licensees including, among other things, rotating or rearranging the brand or brands owned or sold by the licensee, as specified. This exception is limited to beer, and brands of distilled spirits in single-serve containers, and wine in single-serve containers.Existing law defines "single-serve containers" for this purpose to mean containers that have a standard fill, as defined by federal law, of between 50 and 355 milliliters for distilled spirits and between 187 and 355 milliliters for wine, whether sold individually or in multiple container packaging, the contents of which are intended to be consumed without mixing with any other substance. This bill would instead limit the exception to beer and to brands of distilled spirits or wine in containers not exceeding 500 milliliters in volume, whether sold individually or in multiple container packaging, that are intended to be consumed without mixing with any other substance.

Voted 8/31/2026View source

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Docket history

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  1. 6/23/2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  2. 6/11/2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
  3. 5/21/2025Referred to Com. on G.O.
  4. 5/8/2025Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1486.)
  5. 5/8/2025In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  6. 5/1/2025Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
  7. 4/30/2025From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).
  8. 4/3/2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  9. 3/3/2025Referred to Com. on G.O.
  10. 2/19/2025From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.