CaliforniaAlcoholic beverages: certified farmers' market sales permit.
What it does
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue a certified farmers' market sales permit to a licensed winegrower, which authorizes the licensee, a member of the licensee's family, or an employee of the licensee to sell wine at certified farmers' market locations, as provided. The act places certain restrictions on the wine that the licensed winegrower may sell at a certified farmers' market, including requiring the wine to be produced entirely from grapes or other agricultural products grown by the winegrower.
More detail
This bill would remove the requirement that the grapes or other agricultural products that produced the wine be grown by the winegrower.
Under existing law, the certified farmers' market sales permit authorizes an instructional tasting event by the licensee on the subject of wine at a certified farmers' market. Existing law prohibits more than one licensee from conducting an instructional tasting event during the operational hours of a certified farmers' market.
This bill would increase the number of licensees allowed to conduct an instructional tasting event during the operational hours of a certified farmers' market to 3.
Existing law requires the department to develop, implement, and administer a curriculum for a Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) training program, as provided. Existing law requires an alcohol server to successfully complete an RBS training course and to obtain a certification of successful completion of that course, as demonstrated by the successful completion of an exam. Existing law applies the RBS training requirement to a person who serves alcoholic beverages for consumption, or a person who manages or supervises that person, on premises licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, including a designee for alcoholic beverage sales and service pursuant to a temporary license. Existing law requires a nonprofit organization that has obtained a temporary daily on-sale license or a temporary off-sale license from the department to designate a person or persons to receive RBS training before the event, and requires that designated person or persons to remain onsite for the duration of the event.
This bill would provide that instructional tastings under a certified farmers' market sales permit are subject to the RBS training requirement.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Aug 27Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 147, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 27Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 18Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 13In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 917 Laird Senate Third Reading By Wilson. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6152.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 6Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 5From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 24
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- May 11Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- Apr 27In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4065.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Apr 14Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 13From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Mar 27Set for hearing April 13.
- Mar 25Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Mar 24From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3657.) (March 24).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9Set for hearing March 24.
- Mar 4From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.Major
- Feb 11Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- Jan 28From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.
- Jan 27Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced