Pennsylvania HB 1468: 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. 1730
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1468
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, HILL-EVANS, BRENNAN, M. JONES,
SANCHEZ, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND CIRESI, MAY 14, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 15, 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) 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:
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] fifteen per centum from the retail price; except that
special order sales to licensees authorized in subsection (a)
shall not be subject to the [ten] fifteen 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
as a person authorized to purchase liquor at wholesale prices.
Such discount card shall be retained by the licensee. The board
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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. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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