Alcoholic beverages.

Section number finalized as 23826.21 (previously shown in markup as a change from 23826.24). No policy substance changed.

Standard enrollment formatting applied: removal of line numbers, amendment history headers, and addition of passage dates and governor receipt language.

Sunset date for Section 25600.05 confirmed as January 1, 2029 (previously shown in markup as an extension from January 1, 2026). This was already reflected in the prior version's amendment markup.

The main Colusa County license provision was moved from Section 23826.21 to Section 23826.24 of the Business and Professions Code. The policy content (10 additional on-sale general licenses, transfer restrictions, seasonal license holder eligibility) is identical.

Section 23826.21 was added to the Business and Professions Code but contains no operative text - it appears as a placeholder or empty section.

The bill's act description was updated to reference both Section 23826.21 and Section 23826.24 being added to the Business and Professions Code.

Removed Section 23822, which would have required the ABC department to study the need for issuing additional off-sale general licenses statewide and report its findings to the Legislature by January 1, 2027.

Added an amendment to Section 25600.05 extending the sunset date of the beer advertising glassware provision from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2029, giving beer manufacturers three additional years to give up to 5 cases of free retail advertising glassware per licensed location per year to on-sale retail licensees.

Reordered the Colusa license sections (23826.24 and 23826.21) and updated the bill title and legislative counsel's digest to reflect the removal of the off-sale study and addition of the glassware extension.

Header changed from enrolled bill format (with passage dates and blank governor receipt line) to chaptered format showing Chapter 153, approved by Governor October 1, 2025, filed with Secretary of State October 1, 2025.

Page numbers changed from 94 to 93 and page markers changed from 'AB 445' to 'Ch. 153' throughout the document.

The legislative counsel's digest was repositioned within the document layout but its content is unchanged.

The number of additional on-sale general licenses authorized for Colusa County increased from 5 to 10.

The legislative findings section was narrowed to reference only the unique circumstances of Colusa County's economy, removing the specific mention of the Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians as a justification for the special statute.

The requirement that at least one of the new licenses be issued to a premises within the trust lands of the Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community was deleted.

A new Section 23822 was added requiring the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to study the need for issuing additional off-sale general licenses and report its findings to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027. The section self-repeals on January 1, 2031.

The maximum number of additional new original on-sale general licenses for bona fide public eating places in the County of Colusa was increased from 5 to 10.