PRINTER'S NO. 842
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
719
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HICKERNELL, BAKER, COHEN, GILLEN, MENTZER, MURT,
WATSON AND ZIMMERMAN, MARCH 4, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 4, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
providing for local option, and repealing existing laws," in
licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages, further providing for responsible alcohol
management.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 471.1 of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a subsection
to read:
Section 471.1. Responsible Alcohol Management.--* * *
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(h) Unless successfully completed prior to being hired, all
alcohol service personnel shall be required to complete the
seller or server training under subsection (b) within sixty days
of being hired by a licensed establishment. The board shall
certify private third-party providers of training under
subsection (b) that covers, at a minimum, the content contained
in the Bureau of Alcohol Education's standard curriculum. In the
event that the third-party provider's curriculum is not
equivalent to the standard curriculum, the provider shall be
advised by the board as to where the curriculum is deficient.
The board shall permit private third-party providers of alcohol
training to modify the order in which the content of the Bureau
of Alcohol Education's standard curriculum is presented so long
as the material is taught.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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