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fessions Code, relating to professions and vocations. AB 1008, Addis. Alcoholic beverages: licenses: County of San Luis Obispo. The bill would allow au- thorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Con- trol (ABC) to issue, in the County of San Luis Obispo, a total of 10 additional new original on-sale general li- censes for bona fide public eating places, but no more than five licenses per year, as specified. An act to add Section 23826.23 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. AB 1175, Irwin. Accountants. This bill revises the education and experience requirements for an appli- cant for a certified public accountant (CPA) license and revises the practice privilege requirements to allow an out-of-state licensed CPA with a current and active to practice in California without a need to de- termine substantial equivalency, as specified. An act to amend Sections 5081, 5082.3, 5082.4, 5082.5, 5087, 5088, 5090, 5094, 5095, 5096, 5096.1, 5096.4, 5096.12, 5096.20, 5096.21, and 5096.22 of, to amend and repeal Sections 5093, 5093.5, 5094.3, and 5094.6 of, to add Sections 5035.4, 5093.2, and 5093.3 to, and to repeal Sections 5086 and 5092 of, the Busi- ness and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. AB 1246, Hoover. Alcoholic beverages: distilled spirits. This bill allows, until January 1, 2027, a li- censed craft distiller, or a qualifying out-of-state dis- tiller to directly ship distilled spirits manufactured by the licensee to a consumers in California, as spec- ified. Additionally, this bill allows California’s craft distillers to increase the number of liters that can be sold at their tasting rooms from 2.25 to 4.5 liters per day per consumer. Finally, this bill authorizes a craft distiller to transport brandy to the premises of a licensed winegrower for the purpose of storing the brandy to age on the winegrower’s premises. An act to amend Sections 23358, 23502, 23504, and 23504.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relat- ing to alcoholic beverages. AB 1502, Berman. Veterinary medicine: California Veterinary Medical Board. Extends the sunset date for the California Veterinary Medical Board (CVMB) until January 1, 2030, increases fee authority for the CVMB, recasts and revises requirements related to continuing education, and makes various other technical changes, statutory improvements, and pol- icy reforms in response to issues raised during the CVMB’s sunset review oversight process. An act to amend Sections 4800, 4804.5, 4809.7, 4809.8, 4826.5, 4826.6, 4827, 4839, 4841.1, 4841.4, 4841.5, 4842, 4846, 4848.1, 4855, 4856, 4875, 4875.1, 4875.2, 4883, 4885, 4886, 4887, 4901.2, and 4905 of, to add Sections 4855.1, 4875.7, and 4882 to, to add Article 3.1 (commencing with Section 4858) to Chap- ter 11 of Division 2 of, to repeal Sections 4837, 4838, 4842.1, 4843, 4845.5, 4846.5, 4876, and 4881 of, and to repeal and add Sections 4836.2 and 4902 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to veteri- nary medicine. AB 1507, Committee on Banking and Finance. Fi- nancial institutions. This bill makes non-substantive Continued on page 13
and Professions Code, relating to outdoor advertis- ing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. AB 828, Mark González. Alcoholic beverage con- trol: neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses. This bill would authorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to issue no more than 12 new original neighborhood-restricted special on-sale general licenses per year to bona fide public eating places located in specified United State Census Bureau census tracts (2020 Census) in the County of Los Angeles, until a total of 40 new licens- es have been issued, as specified. An act to add Section 23826.24 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages. AB 831, Valencia. Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes. This bill would prohibit an online sweepstakes game (game, contest, or promotion), as described, that simulates or mimics casino-style gambling or a gambling-themed games, as defined, by utiliz- ing a dual-currency system of payment that allows a person to play or participate with direct or indirect consideration, and for which the person playing or participating may become eligible for a prize, award, cash, or cash equivalents or a chance to win a prize, award, cash, or cash equivalents. This bill would make it unlawful for any person or entity to operate, conduct, or offer an online sweepstakes game, as de- fined, in this state. An act to amend Section 17539.1 of the Business and Professions Code, and to add Section 337o to the Penal Code, relating to gambling. AB 853, Wicks. California AI Transparency Act. The bill requires large online platforms to develop a way for users to easily access provenance data of up- loaded content. The bill would also require capture device manufacturers to include features on their products that enable users to include provenance data in the content that they capture. These require- ments, coupled with SB 942, would create a compre- hensive disclosure and detection framework that would enable the large-scale classification of content as either authentic or artificial. An act to amend Sections 22757.1, 22757.4, and 22757.6 of, and to add Sections 22757.3.1, 22757.3.2, and 22757.3.3 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to artificial intelligence. AB 867, Lee. Veterinary medicine: cat declawing. Prohibits a person from performing a declawing or similar procedures on any cat unless the person is licensed as a veterinarian in California and the veter- inarian is performing the declawing for a therapeutic purpose, as defined. An act to amend Sections 4826, 4827, and 4883 of, and to add Section 4826.8 to, the Business and Pro- fessions Code, relating to healing arts. AB 1002, Gabriel. Contractors: failure to pay wag- es: discipline. Authorizes the Attorney General (AG) to bring a civil action to impose discipline upon, to deny an application for, or to deny continued mainte- nance of, a contractor license, as specified. An act to add Section 7036 to the Business and Pro-
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