HB 1483 — 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.   1737

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1483
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY FLOOD, BANTA, BERNSTINE, FRITZ, M. JONES,
        LEADBETER, M. MACKENZIE, MAKO, RADER AND SMITH, MAY 16, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MAY 21, 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(27) 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      (27)    Distributors and Importing Distributors Employing
 6   Minors. [For] Notwithstanding the provisions of the act of
 7   October 24, 2012 (P.L.1209, No.151), known as the "Child Labor
 8   Act," for any distributor or importing distributor to employ
 9   minors under the age of [eighteen but persons] sixteen. Persons
10   between the ages of sixteen and eighteen may be employed to work
11   within the licensed premises but may not sell malt and brewed
12   beverages. Persons aged eighteen and over may be employed to
13   sell and deliver malt and brewed beverages.
14      * * *
15      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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