SB 519 — An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, further providing for sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.

PRINTER'S NO.   482

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 519
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, GEBHARD, COSTA AND STEFANO,
        MARCH 25, 2025

     REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, MARCH 25, 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      Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, further providing for sales by
18      Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.
19      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20   hereby enacts as follows:
21      Section 1.    Section 305(b) and (b.1) of the act of April 12,
22   1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, amended July 15,
23   2024 (P.L.700, No.57) and July 17, 2024 (P.L.924, No.86), are
24   amended to read:
25      Section 305.    Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--* * *
26      (b)   Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall sell liquors,
 1   including wine and ready-to-drink cocktails, at wholesale to
 2   hotels, restaurants, clubs, and railroad, pullman and steamship
 3   companies licensed under this act; and ready-to-drink cocktails
 4   to distributors and importing distributors that hold a ready-to-
 5   drink cocktail permit; and, under the regulations of the board,
 6   to pharmacists duly licensed and registered under the laws of
 7   the Commonwealth, and to manufacturing pharmacists, and to
 8   reputable hospitals approved by the board, or chemists. Sales to
 9   licensees shall be made at a price that includes a discount of
10   ten per centum from the retail price; except that special order
11   sales to licensees authorized in subsection (a) shall not be
12   subject to the ten per centum discount. The board may sell to
13   registered pharmacists only such liquors as conform to the
14   Pharmacopoeia of the United States, the National Formulary, or
15   the American Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia. The board may sell at
16   special prices under the regulations of the board, to United
17   States Armed Forces facilities which are located on United
18   States Armed Forces installations and are conducted pursuant to
19   the authority and regulations of the United States Armed Forces.
20   All other sales by such stores shall be at retail, except that
21   incentives, such as coupons or discounts on certain products,
22   may be offered to unlicensed customers of the board as provided
23   under sections 207(m) and 493(24)(ii)(B). A person entitled to
24   purchase liquor at wholesale prices may purchase the liquor at
25   any Pennsylvania Liquor Store upon tendering cash, check or
26   credit card or, in accordance with regulations of the board,
27   upon payment within thirty days of the date of sale, for the
28   full amount of the purchase. For this purpose, the board shall
29   issue a discount card to each licensee identifying such licensee
30   as a person authorized to purchase liquor at wholesale prices.

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 1   Such discount card shall be retained by the licensee. The board
 2   may contract through the Commonwealth bidding process for
 3   delivery to wholesale licensees at the expense of the licensee
 4   receiving the delivery. In addition, the board shall establish a
 5   program under which wholesale licensees are provided a discount
 6   if the licensee picks up its purchases at board-specified
 7   locations, including its warehouse. The board may set whatever
 8   parameters that it deems appropriate, including the amount of
 9   the discount or discounts and minimum purchase requirements.
10      (b.1)    The board may contract with a licensed transporter for
11   hire through the Commonwealth bidding process for delivery to
12   retail licensees and permit holders at the expense of the
13   licensee or permit holder receiving delivery. Payment shall be
14   by credit card or electronic fund transfer [only] and may occur
15   no later than the time of delivery[.] or, in accordance with
16   regulations of the board, within thirty days of the date of
17   delivery.
18      * * *
19      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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