Pennsylvania HB 1451: An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, further providing for senior judge operational support grants.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1699
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1451
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MUSTELLO, MAY 13, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 13, 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
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in
licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed
beverages, further providing for wine expanded permits, for
ready-to-drink cocktail permit, for revocation and suspension
of licenses and fines and for responsible alcohol management;
and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees
for hire and transporters for hire, providing for
transporters for hire.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "alcohol service personnel" in
section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:
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Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section:
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"Alcohol service personnel" shall mean any employe of a
licensee such as a bartender, waiter or, in the case of a
distributor or importing distributor, a salesperson whose
primary responsibility includes the resale, furnishing or
serving of liquor or malt or brewed beverages. It shall also
mean [any]:
(1) Any employe, such as a doorperson, whose primary
responsibility is to ascertain the age of individuals who are
attempting to enter the licensed premises.
(2) Any employe or independent contractor of a
transporter-for-hire whose responsibility it is to deliver
alcohol to nonlicensees.
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Section 2. Sections 415(a) and 415.1(a) of the act are
amended by adding paragraphs to read:
Section 415. Wine Expanded Permits.--(a) * * *
(12) Wine provided to a Transporter-for-Hire Class D license
holder or its employe or independent contractor shall fulfill
the requirements of this subsection without the need to use a
transaction scan device or a register on the licensed premises.
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Section 415.1. Ready-to-Drink Cocktail Permit.--(a) * * *
(12) Ready-to-drink cocktails provided to a Transporter-for-
Hire Class D license holder or its employe or independent
contractor shall fulfill the requirements of this subsection
without the need to use a transaction scan device or a register
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on the licensed premises.
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Section 3. Section 471 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 471. Revocation and Suspension of Licenses; Fines.--
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(g) If a transporter-for-hire licensee has been cited and
found to have violated section 493(1), the administrative law
judge shall impose a fine of not less than one thousand dollars
($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
Any subsequent violations within three years of a prior
violation shall be subject to increasing penalty amounts which
shall range from a minimum increase of one hundred dollars
($100) more than the prior fine amount to an amount not to
exceed seven thousand dollars ($7,000) per violation.
Section 4. Section 471.1(a), (g) and (h) of the act are
amended to read:
Section 471.1. Responsible Alcohol Management.--(a) The
board is authorized to offer a responsible alcohol service
program to licensees. The program shall consist of four parts:
new employe orientation, training for alcohol service personnel,
manager/owner training and the displaying of responsible alcohol
service signage. New employe orientation shall consist of
orienting newly hired alcohol service personnel as to
Pennsylvania law relating to the sale, furnishing or serving of
alcoholic beverages to minors and visibly intoxicated persons.
It shall also mean orienting newly hired alcohol service
personnel to responsible server practices, as the term is
defined by the board, through regulation. Training for alcohol
service personnel shall be