CA AB 344
enactedAlcoholic beverages: beer price posting and marketing regulations: definitions.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 344 pass?
Yes. CA AB 344 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 344 about?
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 imposes requirements on a successor beer manufacturer, defined as a beer manufacturer that acquires the rights to manufacture, import, or distribute a product, who cancels any of the existing beer wholesaler's rights to distribute the product, as provided, and defines terms for this purpose. This bill would modify the definition of "successor beer manufacturer" to specify that a successor beer manufacturer may be a beer manufacturer or any person, as defined, whether licensed or unlicensed, who acquires the rights to manufacture, import, or distribute a product. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of specified provisions of the act is a misdemeanor. This bill, by expanding the scope of entities subject to the requirements applicable to successor beer manufacturers, would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA AB 344?
Valencia is the primary sponsor of CA AB 344.
Description
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 imposes requirements on a successor beer manufacturer, defined as a beer manufacturer that acquires the rights to manufacture, import, or distribute a product, who cancels any of the existing beer wholesaler's rights to distribute the product, as provided, and defines terms for this purpose. This bill would modify the definition of "successor beer manufacturer" to specify that a successor beer manufacturer may be a beer manufacturer or any person, as defined, whether licensed or unlicensed, who acquires the rights to manufacture, import, or distribute a product. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of specified provisions of the act is a misdemeanor. This bill, by expanding the scope of entities subject to the requirements applicable to successor beer manufacturers, would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-06
- Latest action
- 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Valenciaauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-01-29
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-01-30
From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
2025-02-10
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2025-03-06
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-10
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2025-03-19
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).
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2025-04-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-12
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1584.)
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2025-05-20
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-28
Referred to Com. on G.O.
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2025-06-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-23
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-06-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2412.).
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2025-09-02
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2025-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-19 · pass · 19-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Berman: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Davies: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Soria: yes
- Fong: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Gabriel: other
- Alvarez: other
- McKinnor: other
Do pass.
2025-04-09 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Sanchez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: other
AB 344 Valencia Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-19 · pass · 75-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Solache: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Fong: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lee: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Krell: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ward: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ta: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Chen: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Patel: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Davies: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: other
- Dixon: other
- Flora: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-10 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Jones: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Archuleta: other
3rd Reading AB344 Valencia By Ashby
2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Choi: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Related bills
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