HB 2147 — An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for limited distilleries and distilleries.

PRINTER'S NO.    2773

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2147
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY HOHENSTEIN, GALLAGHER, GIRAL, ISAACSON, KULIK,
        WAXMAN, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, NEILSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, RIVERA,
        BOYD AND PROKOPIAK, JANUARY 16, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JANUARY 20, 2026


                                    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      distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire
18      and transporters for hire, further providing for limited
19      distilleries and distilleries.
20      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21   hereby enacts as follows:
22      Section 1.    Section 505.4(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 505.4.    Limited Distilleries and Distilleries.--(a)
25   The board may issue a distillery of historical significance
26   license to any distillery which was established prior to January
 1   1, [1875] 1885. The holder of the license may manufacture and
 2   sell liquor produced on the licensed premises to the board, to
 3   entities licensed by the board and to the public under such
 4   conditions and regulations as the board may enforce. [Production
 5   at the distillery of historical significance shall be limited to
 6   an amount not to exceed twenty thousand (20,000) gallons per
 7   year.] The distillery does not need to establish continuous
 8   operation since January 1, [1875] 1885, in order to qualify for
 9   a license under this section. The following shall apply:
10      (1)   The board may issue to the holder of a distillery
11   license a distillery of historical significance license in
12   exchange for the distillery license so long as the applicant
13   meets the date of establishment requirement. The board may not
14   charge a fee for this exchange. An applicant under this
15   subsection shall surrender the applicant's distillery license
16   for cancellation prior to the issuance of the new distillery of
17   historical significance license.
18      (2)   A holder of a distillery of historical significance
19   license shall be permitted the same rights as governed under a
20   distillery license.
21      * * *
22      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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