AB 744: Alcoholic beverage control: tied-house restrictions: exceptions: off-sale retail services.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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, known as tied-house restrictions, generally prohibits specified licensees from giving or lending money or a thing of value to a person operating, owning, or maintaining premises where alcoholic beverages are sold.

Existing law creates various exceptions to tied-house restrictions, including permitting a licensee to perform specified services for off-sale licensees including, among other things, rotating or rearranging the brand or brands owned or sold by the licensee, as specified. This exception is limited to beer, and brands of distilled spirits in single-serve containers, and wine in single-serve containers.Existing law defines “single-serve containers” for this purpose to mean containers that have a standard fill, as defined by federal law, of between 50 and 355 milliliters for distilled spirits and between 187 and 355 milliliters for wine, whether sold individually or in multiple container packaging, the contents of which are intended to be consumed without mixing with any other substance.

This bill would instead limit the exception to beer and to brands of distilled spirits or wine in containers not exceeding 500 milliliters in volume, whether sold individually or in multiple container packaging, that are intended to be consumed without mixing with any other substance.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. September 18, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 18, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. August 31, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 25, 2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6460.).
5. August 24, 2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
6. August 24, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
7. August 13, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
8. August 12, 2026Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
9. August 6, 2026Ordered to third reading.
10. August 6, 2026From Consent Calendar.
11. August 4, 2026Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
12. August 3, 2026From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.