Pennsylvania SB 1032: An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for limited wineries.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1197
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1032
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, STEFANO, J. WARD AND VOGEL,
OCTOBER 3, 2025
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, OCTOBER 3, 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
distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire
and transporters for hire, further providing for limited
wineries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 505.2(a) of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding
a clause and subsection (c) is amended by adding a definition to
read:
Section 505.2. Limited Wineries.--(a) In the interest of
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promoting tourism and recreational development in Pennsylvania,
holders of a limited winery license may:
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(7) Obtain an off-premises wine catering permit to use off
the licensed premises in partnership with an otherwise
unlicensed BYOB restaurant where the licensee may sell wine, by
the glass, open bottle or other container and in any mixture
together with food, for consumption on those premises according
to the following:
(i) The licensee may be issued no more than three off-
premises wine catering permits to be used in partnership with a
BYOB restaurant.
(ii) Any licensee that wishes to obtain an off-premises wine
catering permit for use at a BYOB restaurant must notify the
board and pay an initial fee of five hundred dollars ($500) per
permit application and, upon approval, shall be subject to an
annual renewal fee of five hundred dollars ($500).
(iii) The fees under subclause (ii) shall be paid into The
State Stores Fund.
(iv) The board may approve or disapprove each permit if the
applicant fails to meet the requirements of this act or has
previously conducted a function that did not meet the
requirements of this act. Any violation of this act or the
board's regulations relating to this clause may be the basis for
the issuance of a citation under section 471, the nonrenewal of
the license under section 470 or the refusal by the board to
issue subsequent permits. This penalty shall be in addition to
any other remedies available to the enforcement bureau or the
board.
(v) Alcohol may only be served at the permitted location
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between the hours of noon and nine o'clock postmeridian.
(vi) All servers shall be certified under the board's
responsible alcohol management program as required under section
471.1.
(vii) A permit shall not be held at a location that is
already subject to the applicant's or another licensee's off-
premises wine catering permit.
(viii) A permit shall not be issued to an applicant whose
license is in safekeeping.
(ix) A permit shall not be issued to a location that is
subject to a pending objection by the Director of the Bureau of
Licensing or the board under section 470(a.1).
(x) A permit shall not be issued to a location that is
subject to a pending license suspension under section 471 or the
one-year prohibition on the issuance or transfer of a license
under section 471(b).
(xi) Alcohol may not be taken from the permitted location by
any patron, but the applicant may transport alcohol to and from
the applicant's licensed premises to the proposed premises.
(xii) Written notice of the off-premises wine catering
permit as enumerated in subclause (xiii) shall be provided to
the local police and the enforcement bureau at least fourteen
(14) days in advance of the event.
(xiii) Written notice shall be provided to the board and
must include the location of the BYOB restaurant, dates and
times that the permit will be used, authorization by the local
municipality where the permit is being utilized, as well as any
information the board shall prescribe. The board may, in its
discretion, accept notice in an electronic format.
(xiv) If a permit is located on private property, the owner
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