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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2203
Author: Chesbro (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE : 10-0, 6/24/14
AYES: Correa, Berryhill, Cannella, De León, Galgiani,
Hernandez, Lieu, Padilla, Torres, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Alcoholic beverages: beer labeling
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill adds metal kegs to an existing provision of
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (ABC Act) that prohibits the
obliteration, mutilation, or marking out of a manufacturer's
name on returnable beer containers or cartons made of wood or
fiber board.
ANALYSIS : Existing law provides for specified labeling
requirements for containers of alcoholic beverages sold within
this state, and prohibits the obliteration, mutilation, or
marking out of a manufacturer's name on returnable beer
containers or cartons made of wood or fiber board without the
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written consent of the manufacturer whose name, brand, or
printed markings is to be obliterated, mutilated or marked out.
This bill adds metal kegs to an existing provision of the ABC
Act that prohibits the obliteration, mutilation, or marking out
of a manufacturer's name on returnable beer containers or
cartons made of wood or fiber board.
Background
Most kegs are made from stainless steel which has a high recycle
value. Because the deposit is less than the scrap value of the
keg, some thieves may even buy the beer, pay the deposit
(usually, only $10) for the keg, drink or empty the keg, and
then haul the empty keg to a scrap yard and sell it for a
profit. (Current scrap metal value of the keg is approximately
$55.) It costs brewers as much as $150 to replace a keg. Beer
keg theft is estimated to cost brewers and importers well over
$50 million annually.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/31/14)
California Craft Brewers Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, this
bill simply adds metal kegs to the list of containers for which
removal is prohibited - it is intended to give law enforcement
another legal tool to use against thieves that are stealing
kegs, grinding out the name or any identifying information and
then recycling the kegs for cash.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
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Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gray, Harkey, Mansoor, Nazarian, Vacancy
MW:e 8/5/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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