AB-2751 • 2026

Alcoholic beverages: imports: personal or household use: reasonable amounts.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Alvarez
Last action: 2026-04-23
Official status: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about bringing alcohol into California from within the U.S. other than from Nevada.

Alcoholic Beverages: Personal Imports

This law changes the rules for bringing small amounts of alcohol into California from places like Nevada or other countries, setting a limit of 6 liters every 31 days.

What This Bill Does

Allows adults to bring in small quantities of alcohol from locations near the border between California and Nevada for personal use.
Sets a limit of 6 liters for bringing alcohol into California from outside the U.S. by car or on foot, with this limit applying every 31 days.

Who It Names or Affects

Adults who want to bring alcohol into California from locations near the border between California and Nevada.
People entering California by car or walking across the border from outside the U.S.

Terms To Know

Incidental amounts: Small quantities of alcohol that are not meant for resale but for personal use.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how often someone can bring alcohol into California from within the U.S.
It is unclear if this law will change how much alcohol tourists can buy in Nevada and bring back to California.

Bill History

2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
2026-04-07 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-04-06 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2751, as amended, Alvarez.
Alcoholic beverages: imports:
personal or household use:
reasonable
and incidental
amounts.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act imposes restrictions on the means and manner by which alcoholic beverages are imported into the state for delivery or use within the state, as
provided. Existing law provides an exception to these restrictions for incidental amounts of alcoholic beverages brought into this state by an adult for personal use from a hotel that is jointly located within the jurisdictions of this state and Nevada.
This bill would revise the above-described exception to allow the importation of incidental amounts of alcoholic beverages brought into this state by an adult for personal use from a location that is jointly located within the jurisdictions of this state and Nevada.
Existing law also
provided. Existing law
provides an exception to
the importation
these
restrictions that allows an adult to bring a reasonable amount of alcoholic beverages into this state from without the United States for personal
or
household use. Existing law
restricts
limits that personal or household use exception
by restricting
a California resident returning to the United States by a vehicle that is not a common carrier, or any adult entering the United States as a pedestrian, to the amount of alcoholic beverages that is exempt from the payment of duty in accordance with existing provisions of federal law.
This bill would
specify that a reasonable amount of alcoholic beverages for purposes of the above-described exception is an amount that does not exceed 6 liters, and would
remove the above-described restriction limiting the amount of alcoholic
beverages to the amount exempt from the payment of duty.
instead limit the personal or household use exception by restricting any adult entering the United States as a pedestrian or by a vehicle that is not a common carrier to 6 liters of alcoholic beverages every 31 days.

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