Bill Text: CA AB2375 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2375

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Bill Title: Alcoholic beverages: on-sale general public premises: drink lids.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 714, Statutes of 2024. [AB2375 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2375

Introduced by Assembly Member Lowenthal

February 12, 2024

An act to add Section 25625 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2375, as introduced, Lowenthal. Alcoholic beverages: on-sale general - eating place and on-sale general public premises: drink lids.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, various alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law generally makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor and grounds for suspension or revocation of a license, except as specified.

Existing law authorizes the issuance of on-sale general eating place (Type 47) and on-sale general public premises (Type 48) licenses, which authorize, as specified, the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for consumption on the licensed premises.

This bill would require an applicant for a new permanent Type 47 or Type 48 license, and, commencing July 1, 2025, the holder of an existing Type 47 or Type 48 license, to, upon request, provide a lid with a customer’s drink. The bill would authorize the licensee to charge an additional fee for providing a lid with a customer’s drink and would prohibit the fee from exceeding the reasonable cost of providing the lid, as specified. The bill would specify that a violation of this provision is not a crime.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 25625 is added to the Business and Professions Code, immediately following Section 25624, to read:

25625.

(a) (1) An applicant for a new permanent on-sale general - eating place (Type 47) or an on-sale general public premises (Type 48) license, shall, upon request, provide a lid with a customer’s drink.

(2) Commencing July 1, 2025, the holder of an existing Type 47 or Type 48 license shall, upon request, provide a lid with a customer’s drink.

(b) The licensee may charge an additional fee for providing a lid with a customer’s drink, which shall not exceed a reasonable amount based on the wholesale cost of those lids.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 25617, a violation of this section is not a crime.