republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-1542.md

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Bill	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 relating to liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for special occasion permits and for wine and spirits auction permits.	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 relating to liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for special occasion permits and for wine and spirits auction permits.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 1542	Pennsylvania HB 1542 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Saylor	8	23	7	2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00	2019-12-27T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0b95f78f-b533-46f5-8c8e-edec262ba2a1	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1542	81b196924837bb68374d6282ae81c0e29d6678b5b75cce0e349e467de2a237e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1542 (2019-2020) — 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 relating to liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for special occasion permits and for wine and spirits auction permits.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02820 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A02846 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A02903 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1959 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 2513 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. 2601 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. 2889 (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Amendment A03846 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LAW AND JUSTICE): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1542 PN 2513, 2019 A2903, HEFFLEY — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1542 PN 2513, 2019 A2846, SOLOMON — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1542 PN 2889, CONCUR — 195–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Saylor — primary (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
• Gleim — cosponsor (person)
• Grove — cosponsor (person)
• Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Keefer — cosponsor (person)
• Klunk — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Pyle — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Staats — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1959 Referred to LIQUOR CONTROL referral-committee
• 2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2513 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2601 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LAW AND JUSTICE referral-committee
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2889 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2019-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-12-27T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b95f78f-b533-46f5-8c8e-edec262ba2a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).