PRINTER'S NO. 2933
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2212
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY OTTEN, SANCHEZ, KHAN, GIRAL, BOROWSKI, HOWARD,
BOYD, SCHLOSSBERG, MALAGARI AND DEASY, APRIL 15, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, APRIL 15, 2024
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
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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 493 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding a clause
to read:
Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
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in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
It shall be unlawful--
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(35) Display of Nonalcoholic Beverages. For any class of
licensee to place any alcoholic beverage which they are
permitted to sell under the specific authority of the license or
permit they hold in an area immediately adjacent to where
nonalcoholic beverages containing the same or similar brand
name, logo or packaging as the alcoholic beverage is being
displayed without posting clear and distinct signage identifying
which products are alcoholic products and which are
nonalcoholic. For purposes of this paragraph, the term
"nonalcoholic beverages" shall mean any beverage intended to be
marketed or sold as anything other than an alcoholic beverage.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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