republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-1617.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 general provisions applying to both liquor and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for interlocking business prohibited, for brand registration, for limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each county and for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.	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 general provisions applying to both liquor and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for interlocking business prohibited, for brand registration, for limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each county and for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 1617	Pennsylvania HB 1617 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Staats	7	25	5	2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00	2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6ed2ec56-429f-479b-a5fa-15b896e9bfa1	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1617	20d70efc2535b95c0da5527ccdcfc1319811fc832e7644d81bdee6bb5df81e42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1617 (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 general provisions applying to both liquor and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for interlocking business prohibited, for brand registration, for limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each county and for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A03168 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2101 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2737 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 4544 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 4572 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment A07700 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendment A07758 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1617 PN 4572, CONCUR — 191–11 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 42–6 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 183–16 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (LAW AND JUSTICE): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Staats — primary (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Dowling — cosponsor (person)
• Everett — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Malagari — cosponsor (person)
• Otten — cosponsor (person)
• Pyle — cosponsor (person)
• Rader — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Sainato — cosponsor (person)
• Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• Youngblood — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2101 Referred to LIQUOR CONTROL referral-committee
• 2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2737 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LAW AND JUSTICE referral-committee
• 2020-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4544 Amended on third consideration
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4572 Amended on third consideration
• 2020-11-17T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ed2ec56-429f-479b-a5fa-15b896e9bfa1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).