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
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 monthly shipment of
malt or brewed beverages.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 448(a), (b), (c), (d)(5) and (j) of the
act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code,
are amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
Section 448. Monthly Shipment of Malt or Brewed Beverages.--
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(a) The [out-of-State] shipment of malt or brewed beverages to
residents of this Commonwealth shall be governed by this
section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or law,
a person licensed by this Commonwealth, another state or country
as a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler or retailer of malt or
brewed beverages and who obtains a malt or brewed beverage
shipper license as provided for in this section may ship up to
[one hundred ninety-two] seven hundred sixty-eight ounces in a
month of any malt or brewed beverage on the order of any
resident of this Commonwealth who is at least twenty-one (21)
years of age for the resident's personal use and not for resale.
[No more than ninety-six ounces of a specific registered or
unregistered brand of malt or brewed beverages may be shipped to
any one (1) resident during a calendar year.]
(c) Prior to issuing a direct malt or brewed beverage
shipper license, the board shall require an applicant to:
(1) File an application with the board.
(2) Pay a registration fee of two hundred fifty dollars
($250).
(3) [Provide] Unless the applicant holds a license issued by
the board, provide to the board a true copy of the applicant's
current alcoholic beverage license issued by another state or
country.
(4) Provide documentation which evidences that the applicant
has obtained a sales tax license from the Department of Revenue.
(5) Provide the board with any other information that the
board deems necessary and appropriate.
(d) A direct malt or brewed beverage shipper shall do all of
the following:
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(5) Ensure that all boxes or exterior containers of malt or
brewed beverages shipped directly to a resident of this
Commonwealth are conspicuously labeled with the words "CONTAINS
ALCOHOL: SIGNATURE OF PERSON 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER REQUIRED
FOR DELIVERY." Use of a licensed transporter-for-hire is
required for delivery.
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(j) Except for a shipment expressly authorized under
subsection (b), nothing under this section may be construed as
altering any existing or future distributing rights agreement
between a manufacturer and an importing distributor or
distributor or any of their rights under law.
(k) For purposes of this section, the terms "shipments" or
"shipped" are defined as the delivery of or the act of
delivering malt or brewed beverages to a resident by the holder
of a transporter-for-hire license.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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