Pennsylvania HB 1483: An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1737
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1483
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY FLOOD, BANTA, BERNSTINE, FRITZ, M. JONES,
LEADBETER, M. MACKENZIE, MAKO, RADER AND SMITH, MAY 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MAY 21, 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
licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages, further providing for unlawful acts
relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 493(27) of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:
Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
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provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
It shall be unlawful--
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(27) Distributors and Importing Distributors Employing
Minors. [For] Notwithstanding the provisions of the act of
October 24, 2012 (P.L.1209, No.151), known as the "Child Labor
Act," for any distributor or importing distributor to employ
minors under the age of [eighteen but persons] sixteen. Persons
between the ages of sixteen and eighteen may be employed to work
within the licensed premises but may not sell malt and brewed
beverages. Persons aged eighteen and over may be employed to
sell and deliver malt and brewed beverages.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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