HB 1542 — 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 unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.

PRINTER'S NO.   1813

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1542
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY KINKEAD, HOHENSTEIN, RABB, HANBIDGE, SANCHEZ,
        HILL-EVANS, RIVERA AND CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, JUNE 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 3, 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 unlawful acts
19      relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.
20      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21   hereby enacts as follows:
22      Section 1.    Section 493(13) of the act of April 12, 1951
23   (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:
24      Section 493.    Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
25   Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
26   in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
 1   provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
 2   otherwise.
 3      It shall be unlawful--
 4      * * *
 5      (13)    Retail Licensees Employing Minors. For any hotel,
 6   restaurant or club liquor licensee, or any retail dispenser, to
 7   employ or to permit any minor under the age of eighteen to serve
 8   any alcoholic beverages or to employ or permit any minor under
 9   the age of sixteen to render any service whatever in the
10   licensed premises, nor shall any entertainer under the age of
11   eighteen be employed or permitted to perform in any licensed
12   premises in violation of the labor laws of this Commonwealth:
13   Provided, That in accordance with board regulations minors
14   between the ages of sixteen and eighteen may be employed to
15   serve food, clear tables and perform other similar duties, not
16   to include the dispensing or serving of alcoholic beverages. A
17   ski resort, golf course or amusement park licensee may employ
18   minors between the ages of fourteen and fifteen [years of age]
19   to perform duties in rooms or areas of the licensed premises;
20   however, such minors may not perform duties in rooms or areas in
21   which alcohol is being concurrently dispensed or served or in
22   which alcohol is being concurrently stored in an unsecured
23   manner. An organization established as a nonprofit organization
24   under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) (relating to exemption from tax on
25   corporations, certain trusts, etc.), operating in a city of the
26   second class or a county of the second class and providing
27   educational programming designed to provide culinary and life
28   skills, together with support services and resources, to
29   criminal-justice-system-involved juveniles and young adults may
30   employ minors between the ages of fifteen and eighteen to serve

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 1   food, clear tables and perform other similar duties, not to
 2   include the dispensing or serving of alcoholic beverages.
 3   Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a hotel,
 4   restaurant or club liquor licensee or any retail dispenser may
 5   allow students receiving instruction in a performing art to
 6   perform an exhibition if the students are not compensated and
 7   are under proper supervision. Written notice of the performance
 8   must be provided to the enforcement bureau prior to the
 9   performance.
10      * * *
11      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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