PRINTER'S NO. 2774
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2150
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, DEASY, HARKINS, SIEGEL, CERRATO, VITALI,
SANCHEZ, HOHENSTEIN, KHAN, CONKLIN, D. WILLIAMS, CIRESI,
ROWE, DALEY, NEILSON, MALAGARI AND GREEN, MARCH 25, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 25, 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 hours of operation
relative to manufacturers, importing distributors and
distributors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 492.1(a) of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:
Section 492.1. Hours of Operation Relative to Manufacturers,
Importing Distributors and Distributors.--(a) (1)
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[Manufacturers] Except as otherwise provided, manufacturers may
sell or deliver malt or brewed beverages between two o'clock
antemeridian of any Monday and twelve o'clock midnight of the
following Saturday. Manufacturers may operate extended hours on
December 31 of each calendar year until two o'clock antemeridian
January 1 of the following calendar year.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
manufacturers may sell malt and brewed beverages and alcohol
subject to section 446(a)(2) for on-premises consumption between
the hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and twelve o'clock
antemeridian Monday through Saturday and Sunday between the
hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and eleven o'clock
postmeridian.
(3) The board may issue a manufacturer an on-premise
extended hours permit permitting the manufacturer to remain open
and sell alcohol until two o'clock antemeridian the following
calendar day. Following a fifty-dollar ($50) fee, a manufacturer
must submit a written application for an on-premise extended
hours permit under this paragraph to the board in a form
prescribed by the board. The following shall apply:
(i) Only one manufacturer on-premise extended hours permit
may be issued to a manufacturer per calendar year and may only
be used for one day in that calendar year.
(ii) The manufacturer shall provide written notice to the
local police department, or Pennsylvania State Police if no
local police department is available, at least forty-eight hours
prior to each use of the special occasion permit. Written notice
shall include notifying the police of the date, time and place
of the extended sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Section 2. All regulations are abrogated to the extent of
any inconsistency with this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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