republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/sb-1218.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, providing for Philadelphia 250 permits and further providing for special sporting event permits for public venue licensees; and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for limited distilleries and distilleries."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, providing for Philadelphia 250 permits and further providing for special sporting event permits for public venue licensees; and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for limited distilleries and distilleries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 1218"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1218 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Picozzi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff2a0a21-3947-459c-a441-4cf7177f6a29"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=28&rollcallid=1750&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "4149cdbef975280fc78e6f887e965069a5f038608f420b100d64740daeef9622"
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 SB 1218 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, providing for Philadelphia 250 permits and further providing for special sporting event permits for public venue licensees; and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for limited distilleries and distilleries.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1503** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1218/PN1503)
2. **Printer's No. PN1505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1218/PN1505)
3. **Printer's No. PN1510** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1218/PN1510)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Liquor Control): Report Bill As Committed — **25–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Law & Justice): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Law & Justice): Adopt Amendment — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Law & Justice): Adopt Amendment — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **176–23** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Amended — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Adopt Amendment — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joe Picozzi — primary (person)
- Vincent Hughes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Law & Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Liquor Control `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 8 of 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff2a0a21-3947-459c-a441-4cf7177f6a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).