HB 1451 — An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, 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.

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
 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      preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in
18      licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed
19      beverages, further providing for wine expanded permits, for
20      ready-to-drink cocktail permit, for revocation and suspension
21      of licenses and fines and for responsible alcohol management;
22      and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees
23      for hire and transporters for hire, providing for
24      transporters for hire.
25      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26   hereby enacts as follows:
27      Section 1.    The definition of "alcohol service personnel" in
28   section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
29   as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:
 1      Section 102.     Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
 2   unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
 3   meanings ascribed to them in this section:
 4      * * *
 5      "Alcohol service personnel" shall mean any employe of a
 6   licensee such as a bartender, waiter or, in the case of a
 7   distributor or importing distributor, a salesperson whose
 8   primary responsibility includes the resale, furnishing or
 9   serving of liquor or malt or brewed beverages. It shall also
10   mean [any]:
11             (1)   Any employe, such as a doorperson, whose primary
12      responsibility is to ascertain the age of individuals who are
13      attempting to enter the licensed premises.
14             (2)   Any employe or independent contractor of a
15      transporter-for-hire whose responsibility it is to deliver
16      alcohol to nonlicensees.
17      * * *
18      Section 2.     Sections 415(a) and 415.1(a) of the act are
19   amended by adding paragraphs to read:
20      Section 415.     Wine Expanded Permits.--(a)   * * *
21      (12)    Wine provided to a Transporter-for-Hire Class D license
22   holder or its employe or independent contractor shall fulfill
23   the requirements of this subsection without the need to use a
24   transaction scan device or a register on the licensed premises.
25      * * *
26      Section 415.1.     Ready-to-Drink Cocktail Permit.--(a)   * * *
27      (12)    Ready-to-drink cocktails provided to a Transporter-for-
28   Hire Class D license holder or its employe or independent
29   contractor shall fulfill the requirements of this subsection
30   without the need to use a transaction scan device or a register

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 1   on the licensed premises.
 2      * * *
 3      Section 3.   Section 471 of the act is amended by adding a
 4   subsection to read:
 5      Section 471.    Revocation and Suspension of Licenses; Fines.--
 6   * * *
 7      (g)   If a transporter-for-hire licensee has been cited and
 8   found to have violated section 493(1), the administrative law
 9   judge shall impose a fine of not less than one thousand dollars
10   ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
11   Any subsequent violations within three years of a prior
12   violation shall be subject to increasing penalty amounts which
13   shall range from a minimum increase of one hundred dollars
14   ($100) more than the prior fine amount to an amount not to
15   exceed seven thousand dollars ($7,000) per violation.
16      Section 4.   Section 471.1(a), (g) and (h) of the act are
17   amended to read:
18      Section 471.1.     Responsible Alcohol Management.--(a)   The
19   board is authorized to offer a responsible alcohol service
20   program to licensees. The program shall consist of four parts:
21   new employe orientation, training for alcohol service personnel,
22   manager/owner training and the displaying of responsible alcohol
23   service signage. New employe orientation shall consist of
24   orienting newly hired alcohol service personnel as to
25   Pennsylvania law relating to the sale, furnishing or serving of
26   alcoholic beverages to minors and visibly intoxicated persons.
27   It shall also mean orienting newly hired alcohol service
28   personnel to responsible server practices, as the term is
29   defined by the board, through regulation. Training for alcohol
30   service personnel shall be as set forth by the board, but at

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 1   minimum it shall consist of training to prevent service of
 2   alcohol to minors and to visibly intoxicated persons. For
 3   alcohol service personnel who deliver alcohol for a Transporter-
 4   for-Hire Class D license holder, the training shall consist of
 5   orienting employes and independent contractors of Transporter-
 6   for-Hire Class D license holders on issues related to the
 7   delivery of alcohol off the licensed premises to nonlicensees,
 8   including on the topics listed in section 505.6(g).
 9   Manager/owner training shall be as set forth by the board, but
10   at a minimum it shall consist of training on how to monitor
11   employes, proper service of alcohol and how to develop an
12   appropriate alcohol service policy. The responsible alcohol
13   service signage shall be as set forth by the board and shall
14   consist of signage dealing with the licensee's policy against
15   sales to minors and visibly intoxicated persons. Alcohol service
16   personnel training may be conducted by the board or by an entity
17   certified by the board to conduct such training.
18      * * *
19      (g)   Unless successfully completed prior to appointment, a
20   manager appointed by any restaurant, eating place retail
21   dispenser, hotel, club, limited distillery licensee or
22   distributor licensee shall be required to complete the
23   manager/owner training under subsection (c) within one hundred
24   eighty days of approval of appointment by the board. A manager
25   shall maintain their status of being trained by successfully
26   completing the training program every two years.
27      (h)   Unless successfully completed prior to being hired, all
28   alcohol service personnel shall be required to complete the
29   training for alcohol service personnel under subsection (b)
30   within six months of being hired by a licensed establishment.

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 1   Alcohol service personnel shall maintain their status of being
 2   trained by successfully completing the training program every
 3   two years.
 4      Section 5.   The act is amended by adding a section to read:
 5      Section 505.6.     Transporters for Hire.--(a)   Except as
 6   provided under subsection (b), a person who transports alcohol
 7   for hire within this Commonwealth shall obtain a Transporter-
 8   for-Hire Class A license, a Transporter-for-Hire Class B
 9   license, a Transporter-for-Hire Class C license or a
10   Transporter-for-Hire Class D license from the board as provided
11   under this section.
12      (b)   Alcohol may be transported without a transporter-for-
13   hire license under any of the following conditions:
14      (1)   If the alcohol in question is denatured alcohol.
15      (2)   If the alcohol in question is for the personal use of,
16   and not for resale by, the transporter.
17      (3)   If transportation is by a licensee of the board whose
18   license or permit authorizes the transportation of liquor, malt
19   or brewed beverages or alcohol in the regular operation of the
20   licensee's business.
21      (4)   If transportation is by a person who transports alcohol
22   through this Commonwealth commercially and not for delivery
23   within this Commonwealth, including transportation accomplished
24   by scheduled common air carriers of mail and passengers and by
25   common carriers by railroad, subject to regulation by the
26   Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Transportation under
27   this paragraph shall be subject to the following conditions:
28      (i)   The operator of the vehicle shall have in the operator's
29   possession at all times while in this Commonwealth an invoice
30   and a bill of lading or waybill showing the brand name, size and

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 1   number of containers of liquor, malt or brewed beverages or
 2   alcohol being transported, which shall be produced for
 3   inspection upon the request of a police officer, board employe
 4   or enforcement officer.
 5      (ii)    The cargo must remain intact and upon the same vehicle
 6   or conveyance while in this Commonwealth, unless prevented by an
 7   accident or other similarly uncontrollable circumstance.
 8      (5)    If there is no charge associated with the transportation
 9   of the alcohol.
10      (6)    If the malt or brewed beverages, wine or liquor are
11   being transported by hand, without the use of a motorized
12   vehicle, by a person employed by the licensee or transporter-
13   for-hire licensee from the licensed premises to a customer
14   located in his or her vehicle who had previously ordered and
15   paid for the alcohol online or paid for the alcohol in person in
16   the licensed premises, provided that the customer's vehicle is
17   located at a designated curbside location outside the licensed
18   premises or otherwise in close proximity to the exterior of the
19   building housing the licensed premises.
20      (c)    (1)   Each transporter-for-hire license application shall
21   be submitted to the board and shall be in the form and manner
22   prescribed by the board. The application shall be accompanied by
23   application and license fees as provided under section 614-A of
24   the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
25   Administrative Code of 1929. The license shall be issued for the
26   calendar year, and the license fee shall be prorated quarterly,
27   as provided under section 508.
28      (2)    A Transporter-for-Hire Class D license application shall
29   be subject to the same fees as a Transporter-for-Hire Class A
30   license, but shall also be subject to a five thousand dollar

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 1   ($5,000) initial surcharge and an annual renewal of one thousand
 2   dollars ($1,000). A Transporter-for-Hire Class D license shall
 3   only be available to a person who is primarily engaged in the
 4   business of transporting and delivering items or who holds a
 5   retail license issued by the board.
 6      (d)     The board shall issue a transporter-for-hire license as
 7   follows:
 8      (1)     A Transporter-for-Hire Class A license shall authorize
 9   the holder to engage in the commercial transportation of all
10   forms of alcohol to or from points located in this Commonwealth.
11      (2)     A Transporter-for-Hire Class B license shall authorize
12   the holder to engage in the commercial transportation of malt or
13   brewed beverages only, to or from points located in this
14   Commonwealth.
15      (3)     A Transporter-for-Hire Class C license shall authorize
16   the holder to engage a fleet of vehicles in the commercial
17   transportation of all forms of alcohol to or from points located
18   in this Commonwealth.
19      (4)     A Transporter-for-Hire Class D license shall authorize
20   the holder to engage in the commercial transportation of all
21   forms of alcohol to or from points located in this Commonwealth.
22   The following shall apply:
23      (i)     A Transporter-for-Hire Class D license holder may accept
24   alcohol orders on behalf of licensees and permittees who are
25   authorized to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption for
26   delivery to unlicensed customers only. Such orders may be placed
27   through telephonic orders or through web-based platforms owned
28   and operated by the licensee, the permittee or by the
29   Transporter-for-Hire Class D license holder, provided that the
30   sale of alcohol is made solely by the licensee or permittee

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 1   authorized to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption.
 2      (ii)     A Transporter-for-Hire Class D license holder may
 3   accept alcohol orders on behalf of the board for delivery to
 4   unlicensed customers only. Such orders may be placed through
 5   telephonic orders or through web-based platforms owned and
 6   operated by the board or by the Transporter-for-Hire Class D
 7   license holder, provided that the sale of alcohol is made solely
 8   by the board. Payments for the alcohol may be accepted by the
 9   Transporter-for-Hire Class D license holder from unlicensed
10   purchasers only and the payments shall be transferred directly
11   to the licensed seller or to the board in the normal course of
12   business.
13      (iii)    A Transporter-for-Hire Class D license holder must
14   enter into a written agreement with the selling licensee or
15   selling permittee authorizing the transporter to provide
16   delivery services to the licensee or permittee prior to
17   providing delivery services, and the Transporter-for-Hire Class
18   D license holder must enter into a written agreement with the
19   board authorizing the transporter to provide delivery services
20   prior to providing delivery services. A copy of each agreement
21   shall be maintained by the Transporter-for-Hire Class D license
22   holder, selling licensee and selling permittee as a business
23   record and shall be made available upon request to the board and
24   to the enforcement bureau.
25      (e)    A transporter-for-hire license holder shall maintain and
26   keep, in hard copy or electronic media consistent with generally
27   accepted accounting procedures, for a period of at least two (2)
28   years, complete and accurate daily records of transactions
29   conducted under the authority of the license and shall take
30   reasonable steps to protect personally identifiable information,

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 1   consistent with applicable law. Records shall be subject to
 2   inspection by authorized representatives of the board and
 3   enforcement bureau. Copies of reports or forms required by
 4   Federal or State governmental agencies related to the licensed
 5   operation shall be maintained for a period of two (2) years
 6   unless required to be maintained for a longer period by the
 7   Federal or State agency. The reports or forms shall also be open
 8   to inspection by authorized representatives of the board and
 9   enforcement bureau.
10      (f)   A transporter-for-hire license holder who is delivering
11   alcohol to a nonlicensee must require proof of age of the
12   recipient before delivering the alcohol. Proof of age may only
13   be established by presenting one of the forms of identification
14   under section 495(a). The delivery person must use a transaction
15   scan device as the term is defined in section 495(g) to confirm
16   the validity of the identification before delivering the
17   alcohol. The customer accepting the alcohol must provide the
18   customer's signature to the delivery person.
19      (g)   All employes or independent contractors of a
20   transporter-for-hire that deliver alcohol to nonlicensees shall
21   be considered alcohol service personnel under the responsible
22   alcohol management online training program authorized under
23   section 471.1 or an approved transporter-for-hire delivery
24   training program.
25      (1) A transporter-for-hire may submit to the board for
26   approval its delivery training program for alcohol service
27   personnel who deliver alcohol to nonlicensees.
28      (i)   The board shall approve a transporter-for-hire's
29   delivery training programs that includes the following:
30      (A)   methods to identify and prevent sales to minors or

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 1   visibly intoxicated persons;
 2      (B)    acceptable forms of identification;
 3      (C)    fake or altered identification; and
 4      (D)    procedures for checking identification.
 5      (ii)    Upon receipt of a proposed delivery training program
 6   from a transporter-for-hire, the board has thirty (30) business
 7   days to approve, deny, or request modifications to the proposed
 8   delivery training program.
 9      (iii)     An approved delivery training program under this
10   section shall be considered a responsible alcohol service
11   program under section 471.1.
12      (h)    While transporting alcohol, an employe or independent
13   contractor of a transporter-for-hire license holder shall carry
14   in the vehicle the following documentation, which may be in
15   electronic or paper form, and which the employe or independent
16   contractor must be able to readily produce upon demand of the
17   board, the enforcement bureau or a law enforcement official or
18   other authorized agency:
19      (1)    Documentation showing the license holder's name,
20   address, including the street name and number as shown on the
21   license, and the license number as shown on the license. The
22   license identification number shall be preceded by the letters
23   "P.L.C.B."
24      (2)    Documentation, in the form of an order or invoice or
25   similar documentation, identifying the name and address of the
26   licensee responsible for the sale of the alcohol being
27   delivered, and identifying the name and address the recipient to
28   whom the driver is making the delivery.
29      (i)    A transporter-for-hire license holder shall be
30   considered a "licensee" for purposes of section 493. A

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 1   transporter-for-hire license holder that violates section 493(1)
 2   shall be subject to the citation process and penalties provided
 3   for in section 471(g).
 4      (j)    A selling licensee, selling permittee or the board
 5   responsible for the sale of alcohol intended for delivery by a
 6   transporter-for-hire to a nonlicensee shall label the outer
 7   packaging containing the alcohol to clearly indicate that the
 8   package contains alcohol, unless one of the following conditions
 9   is met:
10      (1)    the alcohol service personnel delivering the order has
11   personally retrieved and bagged or otherwise packaged the
12   alcohol for delivery; or
13      (2)    the alcohol service personnel is notified through
14   electronic or other means that the delivery order contains
15   alcohol and that the recipient must be twenty-one (21) years of
16   age or older.
17      (k)    A selling licensee, selling permittee or the board shall
18   not be criminally or civilly liable for sales or service of
19   alcohol to a minor or to a visibly intoxicated person if the
20   order for the alcohol in question was processed by a
21   Transporter-for-Hire Class D license holder unless the selling
22   licensee, selling permittee or the board knew or should have
23   known that the alcohol was being purchased by or delivered to a
24   minor or visibly intoxicated person, or unless the selling
25   licensee, selling permittee or the board has failed to comply
26   with subsection (j).
27      (l)    A Transporter-for-Hire Class D license holder, or an
28   employe or independent contractor of a Transporter-for-Hire
29   Class D license holder, shall not be required to display
30   information on a vehicle used to deliver alcohol to a

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1   nonlicensee, or to otherwise identify a vehicle used to deliver
2   alcohol to a nonlicensee, including with information related to
3   the Transporter-for-Hire Class D license holder's license number
4   or address or with reference to the "P.L.C.B."
5      Section 6.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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