California 2017 2017-2018 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2914 Amended / Bill

Filed 08/21/2018

Amended IN Senate August 21, 2018 Amended IN Senate July 02, 2018 Amended IN Assembly May 01, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2914Introduced by Assembly Member CooleyFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Sections 25621.5 and 26070.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2914, as amended, Cooley. Cannabis in alcoholic beverages.The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, among other things, provides for the licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity, including cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail sale. Existing law prohibits a commercial cannabis licensee from selling alcoholic beverages or tobacco products on or at any premises with a commercial cannabis license. This bill would prohibit a licensee from selling, offering, or providing a cannabis product that is an alcoholic beverage, including, but not limited to, an infusion of cannabis or cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp into an alcoholic beverage.Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. This bill would prohibit an alcoholic beverage licensee from, at its licensed premises, selling, offering, or providing cannabis or cannabis products, including an alcoholic beverage that contains cannabis or cannabis products, and would provide that no alcoholic beverage shall be manufactured, sold, or offered for sale if it contains tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabichromene, cannabinoids, regardless of source. The bill would require the department to take disciplinary action against a licensee who does so, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the license.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 25621.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:25621.5. (a) A licensee shall not, at its licensed premises, sell, offer, or provide cannabis or cannabis products, as defined in Section 26001, including an alcoholic beverage that contains cannabis or a cannabis product, and no alcoholic beverage shall be manufactured, sold, or offered for sale if it contains tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabichromene, cannabinoids, regardless of source.(b) The department shall take disciplinary action against a licensee that violates this section, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the license.SEC. 2. Section 26070.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:26070.2. A licensee shall not sell, offer, or provide a cannabis product that is an alcoholic beverage, including, but not limited to, an infusion of cannabis or cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp into an alcoholic beverage.

Amended IN Senate August 21, 2018 Amended IN Senate July 02, 2018 Amended IN Assembly May 01, 2018

Amended IN Senate August 21, 2018
Amended IN Senate July 02, 2018
Amended IN Assembly May 01, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 2914

Introduced by Assembly Member CooleyFebruary 16, 2018

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooley
February 16, 2018

An act to add Sections 25621.5 and 26070.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2914, as amended, Cooley. Cannabis in alcoholic beverages.

The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, among other things, provides for the licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity, including cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail sale. Existing law prohibits a commercial cannabis licensee from selling alcoholic beverages or tobacco products on or at any premises with a commercial cannabis license. This bill would prohibit a licensee from selling, offering, or providing a cannabis product that is an alcoholic beverage, including, but not limited to, an infusion of cannabis or cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp into an alcoholic beverage.Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. This bill would prohibit an alcoholic beverage licensee from, at its licensed premises, selling, offering, or providing cannabis or cannabis products, including an alcoholic beverage that contains cannabis or cannabis products, and would provide that no alcoholic beverage shall be manufactured, sold, or offered for sale if it contains tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabichromene, cannabinoids, regardless of source. The bill would require the department to take disciplinary action against a licensee who does so, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the license.

This bill would prohibit a licensee from selling, offering, or providing a cannabis product that is an alcoholic beverage, including, but not limited to, an infusion of cannabis or cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp into an alcoholic beverage.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

This bill would prohibit an alcoholic beverage licensee from, at its licensed premises, selling, offering, or providing cannabis or cannabis products, including an alcoholic beverage that contains cannabis or cannabis products, and would provide that no alcoholic beverage shall be manufactured, sold, or offered for sale if it contains tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabichromene, cannabinoids, regardless of source. The bill would require the department to take disciplinary action against a licensee who does so, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the license.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 25621.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:25621.5. (a) A licensee shall not, at its licensed premises, sell, offer, or provide cannabis or cannabis products, as defined in Section 26001, including an alcoholic beverage that contains cannabis or a cannabis product, and no alcoholic beverage shall be manufactured, sold, or offered for sale if it contains tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabichromene, cannabinoids, regardless of source.(b) The department shall take disciplinary action against a licensee that violates this section, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the license.SEC. 2. Section 26070.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:26070.2. A licensee shall not sell, offer, or provide a cannabis product that is an alcoholic beverage, including, but not limited to, an infusion of cannabis or cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp into an alcoholic beverage.

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

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

SECTION 1. Section 25621.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:25621.5. (a) A licensee shall not, at its licensed premises, sell, offer, or provide cannabis or cannabis products, as defined in Section 26001, including an alcoholic beverage that contains cannabis or a cannabis product, and no alcoholic beverage shall be manufactured, sold, or offered for sale if it contains tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabichromene, cannabinoids, regardless of source.(b) The department shall take disciplinary action against a licensee that violates this section, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the license.

SECTION 1. Section 25621.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

25621.5. (a) A licensee shall not, at its licensed premises, sell, offer, or provide cannabis or cannabis products, as defined in Section 26001, including an alcoholic beverage that contains cannabis or a cannabis product, and no alcoholic beverage shall be manufactured, sold, or offered for sale if it contains tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabichromene, cannabinoids, regardless of source.(b) The department shall take disciplinary action against a licensee that violates this section, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the license.

(b) The department shall take disciplinary action against a licensee that violates this section, including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the license.

SEC. 2. Section 26070.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:26070.2. A licensee shall not sell, offer, or provide a cannabis product that is an alcoholic beverage, including, but not limited to, an infusion of cannabis or cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp into an alcoholic beverage.

SEC. 2. Section 26070.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

### SEC. 2.

26070.2. A licensee shall not sell, offer, or provide a cannabis product that is an alcoholic beverage, including, but not limited to, an infusion of cannabis or cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp into an alcoholic beverage.