CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 416Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiFebruary 02, 2023 An act to amend Section 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 416, as introduced, Muratsuchi. Sale of shochu.The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. The act provides that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products. This bill would provide that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.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 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:23398.5. Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of soju, both of the following:(a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.(b) Shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 416Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiFebruary 02, 2023 An act to amend Section 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 416, as introduced, Muratsuchi. Sale of shochu.The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. The act provides that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products. This bill would provide that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 416
Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiFebruary 02, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi
February 02, 2023
An act to amend Section 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 416, as introduced, Muratsuchi. Sale of shochu.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. The act provides that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products. This bill would provide that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. The act provides that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
This bill would provide that any on-sale licensee authorized to sell wine may also sell shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24% of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:23398.5. Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of soju, both of the following:(a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.(b) Shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
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 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:23398.5. Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of soju, both of the following:(a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.(b) Shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
SECTION 1. Section 23398.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
23398.5. Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of soju, both of the following:(a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.(b) Shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
23398.5. Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of soju, both of the following:(a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.(b) Shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
23398.5. Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of soju, both of the following:(a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.(b) Shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
23398.5. Any on-sale license, issued pursuant to this division that authorizes the sale of wine, also authorizes the sale of soju, both of the following:
(a) Soju, an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.
(b) Shochu, an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that contains not more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume and is derived from agricultural products.