SB 958 — 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 and spirits auction permits.

PRINTER'S NO.     1077

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 958
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY J. WARD, FONTANA, PHILLIPS-HILL, COSTA AND
        STEFANO, JULY 23, 2025

     REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, JULY 23, 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 and spirits
19      auction permits.
20      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21   hereby enacts as follows:
22      Section 1.     Section 408.12(a) of the act of April 12, 1951
23   (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:
24      Section 408.12.    Wine and Spirits Auction Permits.--(a)     Upon
25   application of:
26      (1)   any nonprofit hospital;
 1      (2)    any nonprofit public television station which is a
 2   member of the Pennsylvania Public Television Network;
 3      (3)    any orchestra located in a county of the first, second
 4   or third class which is operated by a nonprofit corporation;
 5      (4)    any museum located in a county of the first, second,
 6   third or fourth class which is operated by a nonprofit
 7   corporation;
 8      (5)    any nonprofit corporation located in any county of the
 9   third class which trains and places dogs for people who are
10   physically handicapped;
11      (6)    any nationally recognized community-based voluntary
12   health organization committed to fighting cancer which has been
13   in existence for at least ninety years;
14      (7)    any nationally recognized emergency response
15   organization that offers humanitarian care to victims of war or
16   natural disaster and has been in existence for at least one
17   hundred twenty-five years;
18      (8)    any nationally recognized organization whose purpose is
19   to serve as an agent to collect funds for local charities, as
20   well as to coordinate relief services, counsel and refer clients
21   to cooperating agencies and make emergency assistance grants and
22   has been in existence for at least one hundred twenty years;
23      (9)    any hospice as defined under section 802.1 of the act of
24   July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the "Health Care
25   Facilities Act";
26      (10)    institution of higher education;
27      (11)    any nationally recognized community-based health
28   organization committed to funding Type 1 Diabetes research;
29      (12)    any nationally recognized community-based voluntary
30   health organization committed to fighting cancer which has been

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 1   in existence for at least twenty years;
 2      (13)    any nonprofit organization [as] defined in [section
 3   501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-
 4   514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3))] accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)
 5   (3) (relating to exemption from tax on corporations, certain
 6   trusts, etc.) and that is registered with the Bureau of
 7   Corporations and Charitable Organizations of the Department of
 8   State, recognized as a community-based voluntary organization
 9   committed to fighting cancer and has been in existence for at
10   least five years; [or]
11      (14)    any community-based voluntary health organization in a
12   county of the second class which enriches the lives of children
13   and young adults with disabilities and chronic illnesses; or
14      (15)    any private academic school licensed with the
15   Department of Education or any nonpublic, nonlicensed school
16   registered with the Department of Education;
17   and upon payment of a fee of thirty dollars ($30) per day, the
18   board shall issue a wine and spirits auction permit good for a
19   period of not more than four consecutive or nonconsecutive days
20   per calendar year.
21      * * *
22      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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