republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-947.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; in licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for sales and liquor licensees and restrictions, for performing arts facility license, for limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each county, for licenses not assignable and transfers and for hours of operation relative to manufacturers, importing distributors and distributors; and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for distilleries.	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; in licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for sales and liquor licensees and restrictions, for performing arts facility license, for limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each county, for licenses not assignable and transfers and for hours of operation relative to manufacturers, importing distributors and distributors; and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for distilleries.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 947	Pennsylvania HB 947 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Schweyer	7	24	5	2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00	2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/068ad71f-1e86-4197-9db1-0ae147c2cdfe	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=947	03375ee766c675bb4806f01cc32935cd615d7ce1fd5e5f1576e7cd60ab575993	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 947 (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; in licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for sales and liquor licensees and restrictions, for performing arts facility license, for limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each county, for licenses not assignable and transfers and for hours of operation relative to manufacturers, importing distributors and distributors; and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for distilleries.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A00659 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1073 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1329 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 2176 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 2898 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment A02031 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendment A03888 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (LAW AND JUSTICE): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 947 PN 2898, CONCUR — 194–3 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 197–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Schweyer — primary (person)
• Deasy — cosponsor (person)
• Delloso — cosponsor (person)
• Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Kulik — cosponsor (person)
• Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Malagari — cosponsor (person)
• Otten — cosponsor (person)
• Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Zabel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1073 Referred to LIQUOR CONTROL referral-committee
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1329 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LAW AND JUSTICE referral-committee
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2176 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2898 Amended on third consideration
• 2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/068ad71f-1e86-4197-9db1-0ae147c2cdfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).