PRINTER'S NO. 194
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
241
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY COLEMAN, K. WARD, PHILLIPS-HILL, LANGERHOLC,
ROTHMAN, BROWN, HUTCHINSON, BAKER, MASTRIANO, STEFANO,
MARTIN, LAUGHLIN, DUSH AND PENNYCUICK, FEBRUARY 13, 2025
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, FEBRUARY 13, 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 expungement
of citations 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. Expungement of Citations Regarding COVID-19
Protocols.--(a) Subject to subsection (b), a citation issued by
the board or the enforcement bureau to a retail licensee for
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failure of the retail licensee to comply with any of the
following executive actions during the period in 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 expunged by the board or the enforcement bureau, as
applicable:
(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
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Department of Human Services relating to the novel coronavirus
known as "COVID-19."
(b) If the board or enforcement bureau issued a citation to
a retail licensee as described in subsection (a), the board or
enforcement bureau, as applicable, shall:
(1) expunge the citation, if the imposition of the citation
was for a violation of executive action described in subsection
(a) at no cost to the retail licensee within 30 days of the
effective date of this paragraph; and
(2) provide notice of the expungement to the retail
licensee.
(c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:
"Retail licensee" shall mean a person that holds a hotel
license, a restaurant liquor license, an eating place retail
dispenser license, a club license or a catering club license
under this act.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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