HB 932 — 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 monthly shipment of malt or brewed beverages.

PRINTER'S NO.    998

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 932
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY McANDREW, HILL-EVANS, MALAGARI, GIRAL, SANCHEZ,
        FRITZ, LEADBETER, GAYDOS, STEELE AND CERRATO, MARCH 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 17, 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 monthly shipment of
19      malt or brewed beverages.
20      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21   hereby enacts as follows:
22      Section 1.    Section 448(a), (b), (c), (d)(5) and (j) of the
23   act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code,
24   are amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
25   read:
26      Section 448.    Monthly Shipment of Malt or Brewed Beverages.--
 1   (a)    The [out-of-State] shipment of malt or brewed beverages to
 2   residents of this Commonwealth shall be governed by this
 3   section.
 4         (b)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or law,
 5   a person licensed by this Commonwealth, another state or country
 6   as a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler or retailer of malt or
 7   brewed beverages and who obtains a malt or brewed beverage
 8   shipper license as provided for in this section may ship up to
 9   [one hundred ninety-two] seven hundred sixty-eight ounces in a
10   month of any malt or brewed beverage on the order of any
11   resident of this Commonwealth who is at least twenty-one (21)
12   years of age for the resident's personal use and not for resale.
13   [No more than ninety-six ounces of a specific registered or
14   unregistered brand of malt or brewed beverages may be shipped to
15   any one (1) resident during a calendar year.]
16         (c)   Prior to issuing a direct malt or brewed beverage
17   shipper license, the board shall require an applicant to:
18         (1)   File an application with the board.
19         (2)   Pay a registration fee of two hundred fifty dollars
20   ($250).
21         (3)   [Provide] Unless the applicant holds a license issued by
22   the board, provide to the board a true copy of the applicant's
23   current alcoholic beverage license issued by another state or
24   country.
25         (4)   Provide documentation which evidences that the applicant
26   has obtained a sales tax license from the Department of Revenue.
27         (5)   Provide the board with any other information that the
28   board deems necessary and appropriate.
29         (d)   A direct malt or brewed beverage shipper shall do all of
30   the following:

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 2      (5)   Ensure that all boxes or exterior containers of malt or
 3   brewed beverages shipped directly to a resident of this
 4   Commonwealth are conspicuously labeled with the words "CONTAINS
 5   ALCOHOL: SIGNATURE OF PERSON 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER REQUIRED
 6   FOR DELIVERY." Use of a licensed transporter-for-hire is
 7   required for delivery.
 8      * * *
 9      (j)   Except for a shipment expressly authorized under
10   subsection (b), nothing under this section may be construed as
11   altering any existing or future distributing rights agreement
12   between a manufacturer and an importing distributor or
13   distributor or any of their rights under law.
14      (k)   For purposes of this section, the terms "shipments" or
15   "shipped" are defined as the delivery of or the act of
16   delivering malt or brewed beverages to a resident by the holder
17   of a transporter-for-hire license.
18      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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