HB 1171 — An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for wine expanded permits.

PRINTER'S NO.   1308

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1171
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY SMITH, M. JONES AND JAMES, APRIL 9, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, APRIL 9, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "An
 2      act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and malt and
 3      brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating and
 4      changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
 5      restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
 6      consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
 7      in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
 8      liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
 9      persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
11      for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
12      for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
13      municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
14      nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
15      without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
16      providing for local option, and repealing existing laws," in
17      licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and
18      brewed beverages, further providing for wine expanded
19      permits.
20      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21   hereby enacts as follows:
22      Section 1.    Section 415(a)(2) and (d) of the act of April 12,
23   1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, are amended to
24   read:
25      Section 415.    Wine Expanded Permits.--(a)   * * *
26      (2)   Nothing in this section may affect the ability of an
27   existing licensee to operate within the scope of its current
 1   license as authorized by this act.[, except that no sales of
 2   wine for off-premises consumption may take place by a wine
 3   expanded permit holder after eleven o'clock postmeridian of any
 4   day until the licensee's permitted hours of operation under
 5   section 406 of the next day, including Sundays if the licensee
 6   has a permit authorized under section 406(a)(3).]
 7      * * *
 8      (d)   A wine expanded permit holder may sell for off-premises
 9   consumption, in a single transaction, up to three thousand
10   (3,000) milliliters of wine. The sales may occur at any time
11   during which the wine expanded permit holder is otherwise
12   authorized to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption.
13      * * *
14      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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