PRINTER'S NO. 427
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.450
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, HAMM, GREINER, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, D'ORSIE,
SMITH, COOPER, BARTON, GROVE AND WALSH, FEBRUARY 3, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 3, 2025
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
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, providing for amnesty for
disciplinary actions regarding COVID-19 protocols.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 219. Amnesty for Disciplinary Actions Regarding
COVID-19 Protocols.-- A license that was suspended or revoked or
any disciplinary action taken by the board on a licensee for
failure to comply with any of the following during the period in
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26 which the Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency issued
on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020)
was in effect shall be removed or reinstated:
(1) A proclamation or order of the Governor under 35 Pa.C.S.
§ 7301(f)(7) (relating to general authority of Governor),
s ection 8(a) of the act of April 27, 1905 (P.L.312,
No.218), entitled "An act creating a Department of Health, and
defining its powers and duties," section 2102(a) of the act of
April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative
Code of 1929," or section 5 of the act of April 23, 1956 (1955
P.L.1510, No.500), known as the "Disease Prevention and Control
Law of 1955," which relates to the novel coronavirus known as
"COVID-19."
(2) An order of the Secretary of Health under s ection 8(a)
of the act of April 27, 1905 (P.L.312, No.218), entitled "An act
creating a Department of Health, and defining its powers and
duties," section 2102(a) or 2106 of "The Administrative Code of
1929," section 5 of the " Disease Prevention and Control Law of
1955" or 28 Pa. Code § 27.60 (relating to disease control
measures), 27.61 (relating to isolation), 27.65 (relating to
quarantine), 27.66 (relating to placarding), 27.67 (relating to
movement of persons and animals subject to isolation or
quarantine by action of a local health authority or the
Department) or 27.68 (relating to release from isolation or
quarantine), which relates to the novel coronavirus known as
"COVID-19."
(3) Guidance issued by the Department of Health or the
Department of Human Services relating to the novel coronavirus
known as "COVID-19."
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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