Bars must keep offering drink lids and drug test kits, now with no end date
The rule that Type 48 bars must sell drink-spiking test kits and provide drink lids, at prices based on wholesale cost, no longer has an end date. Bars may post either of two approved signs about the lids and kits.
Who it affects
Bars and nightclubs holding a Type 48 liquor license, and their customers
When
This law takes effect on January 1, 2027. California laws take effect on January 1 of the year after they are signed, unless the law says otherwise.
- : Signed into law
- : This law takes effect: rule for test kits and drink lids no longer expires
Official text
California AB 1982: On-sale general public premises: drink lids and drug testing devices.
On California Legislative Information. The official text is what counts; read it before you act.
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