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SB 1150 Alcoholic beverage control; ABC Board to require bar bystander training.

Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Alcoholic beverage control; bar bystander training. Directs the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to promulgate regulations that establish and make available to all retail on-premises licensees and permittees for which on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages is allowed and employees of such licensees and permittees who serve as a bartender or otherwise sell, serve, or dispense alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption a bar bystander training module, which shall include (i) information that enables licensees, permittees, and their employees to recognize situations that may lead to sexual assault and (ii) intervention strategies to prevent such situations from culminating in sexual assault.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Alcoholic beverage control; bar bystander training. Directs the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to promulgate regulations that establish and make available to all retail on-premises licensees and employees of such licensees who serve as a bartender or otherwise sell, serve, or dispense alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption a bar bystander training module, which shall include (i) information that enables licensees and their employees to recognize situations that may lead to sexual assault and (ii) intervention strategies to prevent such situations from culminating in sexual assault.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Alcoholic beverage control; bar bystander training. Directs the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to promulgate regulations that require all retail on-premises licensees and employees of such licensees who serve as a bartender or otherwise sell, serve, or dispense alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to undergo bar bystander training. The bill provides that the bar bystander training program shall focus on providing licensees, bartenders, and other employees with (i) information that will better enable them to recognize situations that may lead to sexual assault and (ii) intervention strategies to prevent such situations from culminating in sexual assault.