CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

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Introduced by Assembly Member Fong

February 21, 2025

An act to amend Section 25206 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

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 authorizes the department to issue various types of temporary retail licenses and regulates the labeling of alcoholic beverages. Existing law prohibits a retailer from dispensing any draught beer upon which the proper tap sign or draught beer sign is not displayed or the manufacturer or bottler of which has not complied with laws relating to labeling and containers.

This bill would except licenses issued for the retail sale of beer on a temporary basis for special events from the prohibition on the dispensing of mislabeled draught beer, as described above. The bill would apply this prohibition to any licensee. The bill would specify that a licensee is prohibited from identifying one product and selling another to a consumer.

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

SECTION 1.

Section 25206 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

25206.

No retailer A licensee shall not dispense any draught beer upon which the proper brand-identified tap sign or draught beer sign is not displayed or the manufacturer or bottler of which has not complied with this article. The

A licensee shall not identify one product and sell another to a consumer. The department may seize any draught beer displayed to the public in violation of this section and may dispose of the beer pursuant to Section 25355.