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Votes at a glance: Committee advances multiple bills on alcohol licenses, state symbol, firefighter access and brewery rules
Summary
The California State Senate Committee on Governmental Organization advanced several bills to subsequent committees or the Senate floor, including measures to increase alcohol licenses in rural and tourism counties, update brewery successor definitions, limit private firefighter access to public water during incidents, and designate the big-berry
At a hearing of the California State Senate Committee on Governmental Organization, members advanced a set of bills on a range of topics, placing them on call or referring them to the next appropriate committees.
AB 445 (Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry) — Colusa County liquor licenses: Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry said Colusa County has not qualified for new on‑sale liquor licenses for more than 20 years, leading to a constrained secondary market where licenses can sell for as much as $400,000. The bill would authorize 10 new on‑sale liquor licenses for Colusa County. The committee passed AB 445 to the Appropriations Committee on a recorded vote (final recorded ayes: 14, noes: 0).
AB 581 (Assemblymember Bennett) — Official state shrub: Assemblymember Bennett presented AB 581 to designate the big‑berry manzanita as California’s official state shrub, citing the plant’s…
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