Pennsylvania HB 2466: An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity and for limitations on damages.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3334
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2466
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY DAVIDSON, REICHARD, MAYES, HILL-EVANS AND GAYDOS,
MAY 4, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 4, 2026
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 sales by liquor
licensees and restrictions, providing for event permits and
further providing for unlawful acts relative to malt or
brewed beverages and licensees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 406(a)(2) and (4) of the act of April 12,
1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, are amended to
read:
Section 406. Sales by Liquor Licensees; Restrictions.--(a)
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(2) [Hotel] Except as provided under section 418, hotel and
restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf course restaurant
liquor licensees and privately-owned public golf course
restaurant licensees may sell liquor and malt or brewed
beverages only after seven o'clock antemeridian of any day until
two o'clock antemeridian of the following day, except Sunday,
and except as hereinafter provided, may sell liquor and malt or
brewed beverages on Sunday between the hours of twelve o'clock
midnight and two o'clock antemeridian.
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(4) Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf
course restaurant liquor licensees and privately-owned public
golf course restaurant licensees which do not qualify for and
purchase such special permit, their servants, agents or employes
may sell liquor and malt or brewed beverages only after seven
o'clock antemeridian of any day and until two o'clock
antemeridian of the following day, and shall not sell after two
o'clock antemeridian on Sunday, except as provided under section
418. No club licensee or its servants, agents or employes may
sell liquor or malt or brewed beverages between the hours of
three o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock antemeridian on any
day, except as provided under section 418 . No public service
liquor licensee or its servants, agents, or employes may sell
liquor or malt or brewed beverages between the hours of two
o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock antemeridian on any day.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 418. Event Permits.--(a) The following licensees
may apply to the board for an event permit:
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(1) A hotel liquor licensee.
(2) A restaurant liquor licensee.
(3) A club liquor licensee.
(4) A retail dispenser.
(5) A club retail dispenser.
(6) A brewery licensee.
(7) A brew pub licensee.
(8) A limited winery licensee.
(9) A limited distillery licensee.
(b) Subject to subsections (c), (d) and (e), an event permit
shall authorize the permit holder to sell liquor or malt or
brewed beverages in accordance with the permit holder's
underlying license beginning at six o'clock antemeridian on the
day of the event and ending at four o'clock antemeridian on the
following day.
(c) An event permit shall not authorize sales on Sunday
unless the permit holder holds a permit authorizing Sunday sales
or is otherwise authorized under this act to sell on Sunday.
(d) If the permit holder is authorized under this act to
sell on Sunday, the following shall apply:
(1) If the event begins on Sunday, sales may begin at six
o'clock antemeridian on Sunday and continue until four o'clock
antemeridian on Monday.
(2) If the event begins on Saturday, sales may begin at six
o'clock antemeridian on Saturday and continue until four o'clock
antemeridian on Sunday.
(e) If the permit holder is not authorized under this act to
sell on Sunday, the following shall apply:
(1) If the event begins on Saturday, sales may begin at six
o'clock antemeridian on Saturday and continue until two o'clock
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