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 sales by liquor licensees and restrictions, providing for event permits and further providing for unlawful acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees.

PRINTER'S NO. 3251
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2421
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY DAVIDSON, APRIL 21, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, APRIL 22, 2026
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 and liquor, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages, further providing for sales by liquor
licensees and restrictions, providing for event permits and
further providing for unlawful acts relative to malt or
brewed beverages and licensees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 406(a)(2) and (4) of the act of April 12,
1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, are amended to
read:
Section 406. Sales by Liquor Licensees; Restrictions.--(a)
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(2) [Hotel] Except as provided under section 418, hotel and
restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf course restaurant
liquor licensees and privately-owned public golf course
restaurant licensees may sell liquor and malt or brewed
beverages only after seven o'clock antemeridian of any day until
two o'clock antemeridian of the following day, except Sunday,
and except as hereinafter provided, may sell liquor and malt or
brewed beverages on Sunday between the hours of twelve o'clock
midnight and two o'clock antemeridian.
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(4) Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf
course restaurant liquor licensees and privately-owned public
golf course restaurant licensees which do not qualify for and
purchase such special permit, their servants, agents or employes
may sell liquor and malt or brewed beverages only after seven
o'clock antemeridian of any day and until two o'clock
antemeridian of the following day, and shall not sell after two
o'clock antemeridian on Sunday, except as provided under section
418. No club licensee or its servants, agents or employes may
sell liquor or malt or brewed beverages between the hours of
three o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock antemeridian on any
day, except as provided under section 418 . No public service
liquor licensee or its servants, agents, or employes may sell
liquor or malt or brewed beverages between the hours of two
o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock antemeridian on any day.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 418. Event Permits.--(a) The following licensees
may apply to the board for an event permit:
(1) A hotel liquor licensee.
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(2) A restaurant liquor licensee.
(3) A club liquor licensee.
(4) A retail dispenser.
(5) A club retail dispenser.
(6) A brewery licensee.
(7) A brew pub licensee.
(8) A limited winery licensee.
(9) A limited distillery licensee.
(b) Subject to subsections (c), (d) and (e), an event permit
shall authorize the permit holder to sell liquor or malt or
brewed beverages in accordance with the permit holder's
underlying license beginning at six o'clock antemeridian on the
day of the event and ending at four o'clock antemeridian on the
following day.
(c) An event permit shall not authorize sales on Sunday
unless the permit holder holds a permit authorizing Sunday sales
or is otherwise authorized under this act to sell on Sunday.
(d) If the permit holder is authorized under this act to
sell on Sunday, the following shall apply:
(1) If the event begins on Sunday, sales may begin at six
o'clock antemeridian on Sunday and continue until four o'clock
antemeridian on Monday.
(2) If the event begins on Saturday, sales may begin at six
o'clock antemeridian on Saturday and continue until four o'clock
antemeridian on Sunday.
(e) If the permit holder is not authorized under this act to
sell on Sunday, the following shall apply:
(1) If the event begins on Saturday, sales may begin at six
o'clock antemeridian on Saturday and continue until two o'clock
antemeridian on Sunday.
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(2) The permit holder may not obtain an event permit for an
event beginning on Sunday.
(f) A licensee applying for an event permit shall pay a fee
of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first event permit issued
to the licensee in a calendar year. No additional fee shall be
charged for a subsequent event permit issued to the same
licensee in the same calendar year. Fees paid under this
subsection shall be deposited into The State Stores Fund. A fee
paid under this subsection shall be nonrefundable.
(g) A licensee must apply for an event permit at least sixty
(60) days before the day of the event.
(h) The board may approve or disapprove an application for
an event permit if the applicant:
(1) failed to provide timely notice of the event;
(2) does not intend to conduct an event that meets the
requirements of this act;
(3) previously conducted an event that did not meet the
requirements of this act; or
(4) is otherwise in violation of this act or the board's
regulations.
(i) An event permit shall be valid for one event only.
(j) Event permits issued to the same licensee may not be
used fewer than six (6) days apart, as measured from the first
day of each event.
(k) A licensee may not be issued more than ten event permits
in a calendar year.
(l) At least thirty (30) days before the day of the event,
the permit holder shall provide written notice to the board. The
board may waive the notice requirement under this subsection.
(m) At least seven (7) days before the day of the event, the
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permit holder shall provide written notice of the event to the
enforcement bureau and to the local police department or, if
there is no local police department, to the Pennsylvania State
Police.
(n) A violation of this act or the board's regulations
governing conduct under an event permit may constitute a basis
for any of the following:
(1) The issuance of a citation under section 471.
(2) The nonrenewal of the underlying license under section
470.
(3) The refusal by the board to issue a subsequent event
permit to the licensee.
(o) The remedies under subsection (n) shall be in addition
to any other remedy available to the board or the enforcement
bureau.
Section 3. Section 492(5) and (7) of the act are amended to
read:
Section 492. Unlawful Acts Relative to Malt or Brewed
Beverages and Licensees.--
It shall be unlawful--
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(5) Sales of Malt or Brewed Beverages by Hotels, Eating
Places or Public Service Licensees During Prohibited Hours.--
[For] Except as provided under section 418, for any hotel or
eating place holding a retail dispenser's license, or the
servants, agents or employes of such licensees, to sell, trade
or barter in malt or brewed beverages between the hours of two
o'clock antemeridian Sunday and seven o'clock in the forenoon of
the following Monday, or between the hours of two o'clock
antemeridian and seven o'clock antemeridian of any week day:
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Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
whenever the thirty-first day of December falls on a Sunday such
sales of malt or brewed beverages may be made on such day after
one o'clock postmeridian and until two o'clock antemeridian of
the following day. For any public service licensee authorized to
sell malt or brewed beverages or the servants, agents or
employes of such licensees to sell, trade or barter in malt or
brewed beverages between the hours of two o'clock antemeridian
and seven o'clock antemeridian on any day.
(7) Clubs Selling Between Three O'Clock Antemeridian and
Seven O'Clock Antemeridian. [For] Except as provided under
section 418, for any club retail dispenser, or its servants,
agents or employes, to sell malt or brewed beverages between the
hours of three o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock
antemeridian on any day.
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Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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