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

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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-Enrolled.html

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Enrolled  August 16, 2022

Passed  IN  Senate  August 08, 2022

Passed  IN  Assembly  August 15, 2022

Amended  IN  Senate  June 02, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2037

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Introduced by Assembly Member Flora

February 14, 2022

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

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.