PRINTER'S NO. 450
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.467
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DEASY, M. JONES, STAATS, VENKAT, HILL-EVANS,
FREEMAN, STEELE, McNEILL, KHAN, CERRATO, FEE, SANCHEZ, OTTEN,
WARREN, GIRAL, D. WILLIAMS AND JAMES, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 4, 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
licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed
beverages, further providing for sales by liquor licensees
and restrictions, for retail dispensers' restrictions on
purchases and sales, for breweries and for u nlawful acts
relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 406(f)(9) and (10) introductory
paragraph, 442(f)(9) introductory paragraph and (10) and 446(b)
(9) and (10) introductory paragraph of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, are amended and the
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27 subsections are amended by adding paragraphs to read:
Section 406. Sales by Liquor Licensees; Restrictions.--* * *
(f) The holder of a hotel or restaurant liquor license may
obtain an off-premises catering permit subject to section
493(33) to hold a catered function off the licensed premises and
on otherwise unlicensed premises where the licensee may sell
wine, liquor and malt or brewed beverages by the glass, open
bottle or other container, and in any mixture together with
food, for consumption on those premises. Functions conducted
under the authority of the permit shall be subject to the
following:
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(9) except as provided under paragraph (10.1), written
notice of the catered function as enumerated in paragraph (10)
shall be provided to the local police and the enforcement bureau
at least seven days in advance of the event;
(10) except as provided under paragraph (10.1), written
notice shall be provided to the board at least fourteen days
prior to a catered function. Written notice must include the
location of the function, time of the function, host of the
function, general information regarding the guests expected at
the function as well as any information the board shall from
time to time prescribe. The board may, in its discretion, accept
notice in an electronic format. The board may, in its
discretion, waive the fourteen-day notice period for a catered
function if:
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(10.1) if the catered function is part of an end-of-life
memorial event, notice to the local police, the enforcement
bureau and the board shall not be required more than 24 hours
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30 before the catered event. For purposes of this paragraph, an
"end-of-life memorial event" is a gathering of people where
guests honor a person who died within the previous seven days;
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Section 442. Retail Dispensers' Restrictions on Purchases
and Sales.--* * *
(f) The holder of an eating place retail dispenser license
may obtain an off-premises catering permit under section 493(33)
to hold a catered function off of the licensed premises and on
otherwise unlicensed premises where the licensee may sell malt
or brewed beverages by the glass, open bottle or any other
container, together with food, for consumption on those premises
solely used for catering premises. Functions conducted under the
authority of the permit shall be subject to the following:
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(9) except as provided under paragraph (10.1), written
notice shall be provided to the board at least fourteen days
prior to a catered function. Written notice must include the
location of the function, time of the function, host of the
function, general information regarding the guests expected at
the function as well as any information the board shall from
time to time prescribe. The board may, in its discretion, accept
notice in an electronic format. The board may, in its
discretion, waive the fourteen-day notice period for a catered
function if:
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(10) except as provided under paragraph (10.1), the board
shall, in its discretion, approve or disapprove a catered
function if the applicant fails to provide timely notice of the
catered function, does not intend to conduct a function that
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30 meets the requirements of this act or has previously conducted a
function that did not meet the requirements of this act;
(10.1) if the catered function is part of an end-of-life
memorial event, notice to the local police, the enforcement
bureau and the board shall not be required more than 24 hours
before the catered event. For purposes of this paragraph, an
"end-of-life memorial event" is a gathering of people where
guests honor a person who died within the previous seven days;
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Section 446. Breweries.--* * *
(b) The holder of a brew pub license may obtain an off-
premises catering permit subject to section 493(33) to hold a
catered function off the licensed premises and on otherwise
unlicensed premises where the licensee may sell wine produced by
a licensed limited winery and malt or brewed beverages produced
by the brewery by the glass, open bottle or other container
together with food, and in any mixture, for consumption on those
premises. Functions conducted under the authority of the permit
shall be subject to the following:
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(9) except as provided under paragraph (10.1), written
notice of the catered function as enumerated in paragraph (10)
shall be provided to the local police and the enforcement bureau
at least seven days in advance of the event;
(10) except as provided under paragraph (10.1), written
notice shall be provided to the board at least fourteen days
prior to a catered function. Written notice must include the
location of the function, time of the function, host of the
function, general information regarding the guests expected at
the function as well as any information the board shall from
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30 time to time prescribe. The board may, in its discretion, waive
the fourteen-day notice period for a catered function if:
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(10.1) if the catered function is part of an end-of-life
memorial event, notice to the local police, the enforcement
bureau and the board shall not be required more than 24 hours
before the catered event. For purposes of this paragraph, an
"end-of-life memorial event" is a gathering of people where
guests honor a person who died within the previous seven days;
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Section 2. Section 493(33) of the act is amended to read:
Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
It shall be unlawful--
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(33) Off-premises Catering Permit; Fees. For any licensee,
his servants, agents or employes to sell alcohol at a location
other than its licensed premises, unless the sale is
specifically authorized under this act, or unless the licensee
receives a special permit from the board to do so. Only those
licensees holding a current and valid restaurant, hotel, brew
pub or eating place license shall be allowed to apply for such a
permit. Any licensee that wishes to obtain an off-premises
catering permit must notify the board and pay the permitting
fee. If a licensee notifies the board and pays the permitting
fee and does not then use the permit throughout the calendar
year, the licensee shall not be entitled to a return of the
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30 permitting fee. A licensee shall apply for the permit at least
sixty days prior to the first catered function. All servers at
the off-premises catered function shall be certified under the
board's responsible alcohol management program as required under
section 471.1. The board may charge a fee of five hundred
dollars ($500) each calendar year, to each applicant for the
initial permit associated with a particular license, but no
further fee shall be charged for any subsequent permits issued
to the applicant for the license during the same calendar year.
[The] Unless otherwise provided for by this act, the applicant
shall submit written notice to the board thirty days prior to
each catered event[, unless this]. The time frame [has been] may
be waived by the board, and the board may approve or disapprove
each event if the applicant fails to provide timely notice of
the catered function, does not intend to conduct a function that
meets the requirements of this act or has previously conducted a
function that did not meet the requirements of this act. The
fees shall be paid into the State Stores Fund. Any violation of
this act or the board's regulations for governing activity
occurring under the authority of this permit may be the basis
for the issuance of a citation under section 471, the nonrenewal
of the license under section 470 or the refusal by the board to
issue subsequent permits or honor subsequent dates on the
existing permit. This penalty shall be in addition to any other
remedies available to the enforcement bureau or the board.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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