Heath Flora
- Republican
- Assemblymember
- District 9
Author
Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, establishes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for the regulation of licenses or the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. Existing law prescribes various penalties for violations of the act, including that every person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to be sold, furnished, or given away any alcoholic beverage to any person under 21 years of age is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law provides that a licensee's acceptance of bona fide evidence, as defined, or utilization of a biometric system constitutes a defense to any prosecution or proceedings against the licensee, as specified. This bill would provide that the use of an active age verification software or an age verification device, as provided, to establish the age of a purchaser of alcoholic beverages that fails to identify a false identification card is considered evidence in any prosecution or proceedings against the licensee, as specified, if the identification is bona fide evidence and was physically inspected, is seemingly legitimate, and matches the physical appearance of the customer.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2025.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3026.).
Ordered to special consent calendar.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2524.).
From special consent calendar.
Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1922.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (March 19).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB509 | HTML |
| 02/10/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/16/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/10/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/03/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/18/25- Assembly Governmental Organization | |
| 04/08/25- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/20/25- Senate Governmental Organization | |
| 08/15/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/29/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/04/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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