AB-233 • 2026

Alcoholic beverages: licensees.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Gipson
Last action: 2025-07-14
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 30, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide information on when this law will take effect, nor does it specify if there are changes to how beer is sold within retail establishments.

Alcoholic Beverages: Licensees

The law now allows companies that make or sell beer to use trailers to deliver beer to places licensed to sell it.

What This Bill Does

Allows beer makers and sellers to sell beer from trailers to licensees authorized to sell beer.

Who It Names or Affects

Beer manufacturers
Wholesalers who sell beer
Stores and bars that can legally sell beer

Terms To Know

Licensees: Businesses or individuals with a special permit to sell alcohol.
Trailers: Large vehicles used for transporting goods, often attached to trucks.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify how beer sales inside stores and bars will be affected.
The exact date when this law starts is not given in the summary.

Bill History

2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 30, Statutes of 2025.
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-07-03 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-06-27 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-06-27 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1808.).
2025-06-24 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-06-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-06-10 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1278.)
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).
2025-03-19 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-02-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-01-14 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
2025-01-13 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 233, Gipson.
Alcoholic beverages: licensees.
Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer or wholesaler to sell beer from wagons or trucks to licensees authorized to sell beer.
This bill would additionally authorize a licensed beer manufacturer or wholesaler to sell beer to licensees authorized to sell beer from trailers.

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