Bill Text: CA AB2037 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Polling places: alcoholic beverages.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-08-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2022. [AB2037 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2037-Chaptered.html

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Assembly Bill No. 2037

CHAPTER 155

An act to amend Section 12288 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

[ Approved by Governor  August 22, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State  August 22, 2022. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2037, Flora. Polling places: alcoholic beverages.

Existing law prohibits an establishment where the primary purpose is the sale and dispensation of alcoholic beverages from being used as a polling place.

This bill would delete that prohibition.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 12288 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

12288.

 A polling place shall not be accessible by a door, window, or other opening to any place where any alcoholic beverage is sold or dispensed while the polls are open.