republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1902.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, further providing for enforcement; in liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages licenses and regulations, further providing for interlocking business prohibited, for breweries, for unlawful acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees and for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees; and making related repeals."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, further providing for enforcement; in liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages licenses and regulations, further providing for interlocking business prohibited, for breweries, for unlawful acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees and for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees; and making related repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1902"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1902 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Harris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-11-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31da3c07-471e-49a4-b9f4-83d7aee671d2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1902"
source_hash: "d46dc563308e4330fe648873fba369fe6b2803844b3094ffeb349d1a26c173ab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 1902 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, further providing for enforcement; in liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages licenses and regulations, further providing for interlocking business prohibited, for breweries, for unlawful acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees and for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees; and making related repeals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 2679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1902&pn=2679)
2. **Printer's No. 2786** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1902&pn=2786)

## Votes

- HB 1902 PN 2679, 2017 A5071, A. HARRIS, SUSP RULES — **179–8** (pass) · lower
- HB 1902 PN 2679, 2017 A4844, COX — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1902 PN 2679, 2017 A4845, A. HARRIS — **186–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1902 PN 2679, 2017 A5071, A. HARRIS — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (LAW AND JUSTICE): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1902 PN 2679, 2017 A5053, ELLIS — **185–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Harris — primary (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Mehaffie — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- P. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2679 Referred to LIQUOR CONTROL `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-11-27T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2786 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to LAW AND JUSTICE `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31da3c07-471e-49a4-b9f4-83d7aee671d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).