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PennsylvaniaHB 4672025-2026 Regular SessionHouse
An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and . . . malt and brewed beverages, further providing for sales by liquor licensees and restrictions, providing for special sporting event permits for public venue licensees and further providing for retail dispensers' restrictions on purchases and sales, for breweries and for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.
Sponsored By: Daniel J. Deasy (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.
More nonprofits qualify for liquor permits
The law expands which organizations qualify as eligible entities under the Liquor Code. The list includes nonprofit, cultural, civic, municipal, and specialty groups, many with location or age requirements. It includes qualifying 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) nonprofits in a third-class city in a fifth-class county. Organizations must fit a category in the revised definition; nonprofit status alone does not qualify every organization.
Caterers get shorter memorial event notice
Beginning 60 days after enactment, covered alcohol caterers can use shorter notice for memorial events. The gathering must honor someone who died within the previous seven days. Local police, the Liquor Control Enforcement Bureau, and the Liquor Control Board cannot require more than 24 hours' advance notice. This replaces the usual seven-day police and enforcement notice and 14-day Board notice for these events.
Sports venues gain permits with fees
Beginning 60 days after enactment, public venue licensees can extend alcohol service into approved areas for qualifying sporting events. Examples include professional drafts, all-star and playoff games, collegiate tournaments and bowl games, and international soccer tournaments. Each application costs $10,000, paid into the State Stores Fund. Permits last up to six event-related days, with sales from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. the next day. Drinks must be in shatterproof containers or cups and consumed within the permitted area. Venues must give the municipality, local police, and enforcement bureau at least seven days' written notice, identifying locations and times. Servers must follow responsible alcohol management rules and check accepted identification for anyone appearing under 35. Areas cannot serve as parking and must have fencing or barriers separating them from parking. Nonadjacent areas require the owner's permission and must host event-related activities. The Board must issue permits unless doing so goes against the public interest. Federal law permitting, manufacturers can temporarily provide furniture, equipment, fixtures, and advertising materials without cost or value limits.
Breweries gain options with sales limits
Beginning 60 days after enactment, breweries at public venues can sell on Sundays regardless of their food sales. Breweries can also sell specified wines, cider, fermented fruit drinks, beer from other Board-licensed breweries, and liquor from licensed distilleries. Combined sales of covered outside products cannot exceed 50% of the brewery's own on-site beer sales for the applicable year. For breweries operating only part of the preceding calendar year, the cap uses their sales from that partial year. Outside products and liquor must be consumed on the licensed premises or qualifying adjoining space within the same building. The owner can share that adjoining space with no more than three licensees.
License bidders gain time, face limits
Effective upon enactment, restaurant liquor license auction winners have 30 days to pay their bids, up from two weeks. After nonpayment, the second-highest bidder can receive the right to apply if its bid meets the auction requirements. No more than 50 licenses can be auctioned in any county each year. Administrative revocation under section 470.4 no longer makes a license available for auction. Nonrenewal, revocation under section 471, and failure to meet section 474.1 requirements remain grounds for auction.
Unsold liquor licenses get new auctions
Effective upon enactment, the Board must hold at least one excess auction each calendar year for licenses receiving no initial bid. Bids start at $25,000, and the highest qualifying bidder wins. Licenses can be used in any county, but transfers need approval from the destination municipality's governing body. Moving to another county requires a written request and a transfer application fee. The fee is $50,000 for county classes 1–4 and $25,000 for classes 5–8. Only two excess-auction licenses can move into the same county each calendar year, with preference given to higher bids. After opening, a license moved across county lines must remain in its receiving municipality for five years. Transfer applications must be filed within six months of the award. Auction and transfer-fee revenue goes into the State Stores Fund; the Board can include it in annual General Fund profit transfers.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Daniel J. Deasy
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Arvind Venkat
Democratic • House
Benjamin V. Sanchez
Democratic • House
Carol Hill-Evans
Democratic • House
Craig T. Staats
Republican • House
Dan K. Williams
Democratic • House
Danielle Friel Otten
Democratic • House
Jeanne McNeill
Democratic • House
Jeremy Shaffer
Republican • House
Joe McAndrew
Democratic • House
Joe Webster
Democratic • House
Jonathan Fritz
Republican • House
Jose Giral
Democratic • House
Keith S. Harris
Democratic • House
Mandy Steele
Democratic • House
Marci Mustello
Republican • House
Marylouise Isaacson
Democratic • House
Melissa Cerrato
Democratic • House
Mike Jones
Republican • House
Mindy Fee
Republican • House
Perry S. Warren
Democratic • House
R. Lee James
Republican • House
Robert Freeman
Democratic • House
Russ Diamond
Republican • House
Tarik Khan
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 12/9/2025
House Bill 467 PN2678, Final Passage
Yes: 47 • No: 0
Senate vote • 12/8/2025
House Bill 467 PN1022 A02231, LAUGHLIN Amendment No. A-2231
Yes: 50 • No: 0
committee vote • 6/10/2025
22 0
Yes: 22 • No: 0
committee vote • 5/6/2025
11 0
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 4/7/2025
House Bill 467 PN1022, FINAL PASSAGE
Yes: 200 • No: 3
committee vote • 4/7/2025
37 0
Yes: 37 • No: 0
committee vote • 3/18/2025
26 0
Yes: 26 • No: 0
committee vote • 3/18/2025
26 0
Yes: 26 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Act No. 56 of 2025
12/22/2025GovernorApproved by the Governor
12/22/2025GovernorPresented to the Governor
12/18/2025HouseSigned in Senate
12/17/2025HouseSigned in House
12/16/2025HouseHouse concurred in Senate amendments (199-4)
12/16/2025HouseRe-reported on concurrence, as committed
12/16/2025HouseReferred to Rules
12/15/2025HouseThird consideration and final passage (47-0)
12/9/2025SenateAmended on third consideration
12/9/2025SenateAmended on third consideration (50-0)
12/8/2025SenateRemoved from table
10/27/2025SenateLaid on the table
10/27/2025SenateRemoved from table
9/8/2025SenateLaid on the table
9/8/2025SenateRe-reported as committed
6/10/2025SenateRe-referred to Appropriations
5/7/2025SenateSecond consideration
5/7/2025SenateFirst consideration
5/6/2025SenateReported as committed
5/6/2025SenateReferred to Law & Justice
4/9/2025SenateThird consideration and final passage (200-3)
4/7/2025HouseRe-reported as committed
4/7/2025HouseRe-committed to Appropriations
3/26/2025HouseSecond consideration
3/26/2025House
Bill Text
PN 2678
12/9/2025
PN 2673
12/8/2025
PN 1022
3/18/2025
PN 450
2/4/2025
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