Pennsylvania HB 885: An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, further providing for sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores; and, in licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for malt and brewed beverages manufacturers', distributors' and importing distributors' licenses.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 923
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 885
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MUSTELLO, BERNSTINE, STENDER, SMITH, KENYATTA,
CIRESI, OTTEN AND ROWE, MARCH 11, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 11, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "An
act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating and
changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
providing for local option, and repealing existing laws," in
Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, further providing for sales by
Pennsylvania Liquor Stores; and, in licenses and regulations
and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further
providing for malt and brewed beverages manufacturers',
distributors' and importing distributors' licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 305(b) of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, amended July 15, 2024
(P.L.700, No.57) and July 17, 2024 (P.L.924, No.86), is amended
to read:
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Section 305. Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--* * *
(b) Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall sell liquors,
including wine and ready-to-drink cocktails, at wholesale to
hotels, restaurants, clubs, and railroad, pullman and steamship
companies licensed under this act; and ready-to-drink cocktails
to distributors and importing distributors that hold a ready-to-
drink cocktail permit; and, under the regulations of the board,
to pharmacists duly licensed and registered under the laws of
the Commonwealth, and to manufacturing pharmacists, and to
reputable hospitals approved by the board, or chemists. Sales to
licensees and holders of a brewery license shall be made at a
price that includes a discount of ten per centum from the retail
price; except that special order sales to licensees authorized
in subsection (a) shall not be subject to the ten per centum
discount. The board may sell to registered pharmacists only such
liquors as conform to the Pharmacopoeia of the United States,
the National Formulary, or the American Homeopathic
Pharmacopoeia. The board may sell at special prices under the
regulations of the board, to United States Armed Forces
facilities which are located on United States Armed Forces
installations and are conducted pursuant to the authority and
regulations of the United States Armed Forces. All other sales
by such stores shall be at retail, except that incentives, such
as coupons or discounts on certain products, may be offered to
unlicensed customers of the board as provided under sections
207(m) and 493(24)(ii)(B). A person entitled to purchase liquor
at wholesale prices may purchase the liquor at any Pennsylvania
Liquor Store upon tendering cash, check or credit card for the
full amount of the purchase. For this purpose, the board shall
issue a discount card to each licensee identifying such licensee
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as a person authorized to purchase liquor at wholesale prices.
Such discount card shall be retained by the licensee. The board
may contract through the Commonwealth bidding process for
delivery to wholesale licensees at the expense of the licensee
receiving the delivery. In addition, the board shall establish a
program under which wholesale licensees are provided a discount
if the licensee picks up its purchases at board-specified
locations, including its warehouse. The board may set whatever
parameters that it deems appropriate, including the amount of
the discount or discounts and minimum purchase requirements.
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Section 2. Section 431(a.2) of the act is amended to read:
Section 431. Malt and Brewed Beverages Manufacturers',
Distributors' and Importing Distributors' Licenses.--* * *
(a.2) The board shall issue to a holder of a manufacturer's
license no more than [two] five storage licenses per
manufacturer to cover storage facilities separate from the
location of the manufacturing facility. A manufacturer may use
its storage facilities to receive, store, repackage, sell and
distribute malt or brewed beverages in the same manner as it can
at its place of manufacture or it may rent, lease or o