Pennsylvania SB 519: 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.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 482
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 519
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, GEBHARD, COSTA AND STEFANO,
MARCH 25, 2025
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, MARCH 25, 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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 305(b) and (b.1) 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), are
amended to read:
Section 305. Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--* * *
(b) Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall sell liquors,
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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 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 or, in accordance with regulations of the board,
upon payment within thirty days of the date of sale, for the
full amount of the purchase. For this purpose, the board shall
issue a discount card to each licensee identifying such licensee
as a person authorized to purchase liquor at wholesale prices.
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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.
(b.1) The board may contract with a licensed transporter for
hire through the Commonwealth bidding process for delivery to
retail licensees and permit holders at the expense of the
licensee or permit holder receiving delivery. Payment shall be
by credit card or electronic fund transfer [only] and may occur
no later than the time of delivery[.] or, in accordance with
regulations of the board, within thirty days of the date of
delivery.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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