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CA AB 668

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Alcoholic beverage control: large outdoor events: drink spiking.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 668 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 668 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 668 about?

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, until January 1, 2027, requires an applicant for a new permanent on-sale general public premises (Type 48) license and the holder of an existing Type 48 license to offer drug testing devices and drink lids to their customers and to post a related notice, as specified. Existing law also requires those applicants and licensees to contact and provide specified information to law enforcement or emergency medical services when they are notified by a customer that the customer or another customer believes they have been a victim of drink spiking, as specified. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2026, until January 1, 2029, require any person who obtains a catering authorization or daily on-sale license for the sale of alcoholic beverages at a large outdoor event, as defined, to comply with the above-described drink spiking requirements. The bill would require a licensee to comply with all manufacturer instructions relating to testing devices, as specified, and would specify that a licensee who complies with the manufacturer's instructions shall not be held liable for a defective test or inaccurate test result. The bill would specify that a violation of its provisions is not a crime and would specify that a first violation would result only in a warning by the department.

Who sponsors CA AB 668?

Lowenthal is the primary sponsor of CA AB 668, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

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, until January 1, 2027, requires an applicant for a new permanent on-sale general public premises (Type 48) license and the holder of an existing Type 48 license to offer drug testing devices and drink lids to their customers and to post a related notice, as specified. Existing law also requires those applicants and licensees to contact and provide specified information to law enforcement or emergency medical services when they are notified by a customer that the customer or another customer believes they have been a victim of drink spiking, as specified. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2026, until January 1, 2029, require any person who obtains a catering authorization or daily on-sale license for the sale of alcoholic beverages at a large outdoor event, as defined, to comply with the above-described drink spiking requirements. The bill would require a licensee to comply with all manufacturer instructions relating to testing devices, as specified, and would specify that a licensee who complies with the manufacturer's instructions shall not be held liable for a defective test or inaccurate test result. The bill would specify that a violation of its provisions is not a crime and would specify that a first violation would result only in a warning by the department.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lowenthalauthor
  • Daviesauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-15

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  4. 2025-03-17

    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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  5. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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  6. 2025-03-27

    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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  7. 2025-03-28

    Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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  8. 2025-04-03

    Coauthors revised.

  9. 2025-04-03

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).

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  11. 2025-04-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-05-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1509.)

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  13. 2025-05-13

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD.

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  15. 2025-05-29

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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  16. 2025-06-23

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  17. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8).

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  18. 2025-07-09

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  19. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  21. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-27Compare
  • 05/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-29Compare
  • 07/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-09Compare
  • AB668Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-02 · pass · 20-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Davies: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Carrillo: other
    • DeMaio: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-23 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • AB 668 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-12 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ellis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Garcia: other
    • Stefani: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB668

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