AB 2751: Alcoholic beverages: imports: personal or household use: reasonable amounts. - California

02/20/26 - Introduced → 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly · 3 edits · Apr 6, 2026

MINOR

The amendment to AB 2751 makes two substantive policy changes: it adds a specific 6-liter cap defining what constitutes a 'reasonable amount' of alcoholic beverages an adult may bring into California from outside the United States for personal or household use, and it broadens the Nevada border exception by replacing 'hotel location' with the more general term 'location,' allowing incidental amounts to be brought in from any jointly-located facility (not just hotels) on the state line. The remainder of the changes are grammatical corrections and formatting adjustments.

ELIGIBILITY

Subdivision (c) now specifies that a 'reasonable amount' of alcoholic beverages brought into California from outside the US for personal or household use is capped at 6 liters, replacing the previously undefined term with a concrete numerical limit.

SCOPE

Subdivision (d) changes 'hotel location' to 'location,' expanding the exception for incidental amounts of alcohol brought in from Nevada-adjacent facilities beyond just hotels to any type of establishment jointly located within both states' jurisdictions.

TECHNICAL

Multiple grammatical corrections throughout: 'which that are' changed to 'that are,' 'such those' changed to 'those,' 'Delivery The delivery' corrected to 'The delivery,' and 'in such that other state' corrected to 'in that other state.'

04/16/26 - Amended Assembly → 08/26/26 - Enrolled · 3 edits · Aug 26, 2026

MINOR

The enrolled version of AB 2751 makes two substantive policy changes from the amended assembly version: it removes a blanket six-liter cap on all personal or household use imports of alcohol from outside the United States (keeping only the six-liters-per-31-days limit for pedestrians and non-common-carrier vehicle entrants), and it reverts the Nevada border exception back to 'hotel' rather than the broader 'location' language that the assembly version had proposed. The remaining differences are procedural formatting changes reflecting the bill's passage through both chambers.

ELIGIBILITY

Removed the blanket six-liter maximum on all personal or household use imports of alcohol from outside the United States. Previously, no adult could bring in more than six liters total regardless of entry method. Now only adults entering as a pedestrian or by a vehicle that is not a common carrier are limited to six liters every 31 days; other entrants (e.g., those arriving by common carrier) can bring a 'reasonable amount' with no explicit numeric cap.

SCOPE

Reverted the Nevada border exception from 'a location jointly located within the jurisdictions of this state and Nevada' back to 'a hotel that is jointly located within the jurisdictions of this state and Nevada.' The assembly version had expanded the exception beyond hotels to any jointly-located location, but the enrolled version narrows it back to hotels only.

The legislative counsel's digest in the enrolled version drops the entire discussion of the Nevada hotel/location exception, reflecting that this provision now matches existing law rather than changing it.

04/06/26 - Amended Assembly → 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly · 3 edits · Apr 16, 2026

MINOR

The April 16 amendment makes two substantive policy changes to AB 2751. First, it replaces the federal duty-free amount reference with a flat limit of 6 liters per 31 days for any adult entering the US as a pedestrian or by non-common carrier vehicle, broadening who is subject to the cap while setting a clear numeric threshold. Second, it narrows the Nevada border exception from any jointly located 'location' back to specifically a 'hotel,' reducing the scope of that exemption.

ELIGIBILITY

The personal or household use exception for alcohol brought in from outside the US now applies a flat 6-liter limit every 31 days to any adult entering as a pedestrian or by a vehicle that is not a common carrier. Previously, only California residents returning by non-common carrier and pedestrians were limited, and their cap was tied to the federal duty-free amount rather than a fixed volume.

SCOPE

The Nevada border exception for incidental amounts of alcohol is narrowed from any 'location' jointly located within California and Nevada jurisdictions back to specifically a 'hotel' that is jointly located in both states. This reduces the types of establishments from which an adult can bring in incidental amounts without a license.

TECHNICAL

The legislative counsel digest was updated to reflect the new 6-liter/31-day language and corrected grammar in the description of existing law. Page numbers shifted from 98 to 97 due to text length changes.

08/26/26 - Enrolled → AB2751 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions. The difference is purely presentational: the 'from' version is the formal enrolled document with page numbers and signature blocks, while the 'to' version is a web page rendering of the same bill with navigation menus, metadata, and status information added around the identical statutory text.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a formal enrolled legislative document (with page numbers, clerk signatures, and governor receipt block) into a web page layout that includes site navigation, bill status dates, version history links, and share buttons. The underlying statutory language of Section 23661 is unchanged.

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