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House of Representatives
Session of 2021 - 2022 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: February 12, 2021 09:46 AM
From: Representative Natalie Mihalek
To: All House members
Subject: Improving Customer Convenience in Wine Sales
 
In 2016, the General Assembly took a historic leap forward in providing customers with greater convenience when they purchase their wine. Act 39 of that year allowed private retailers who possess a restaurant (R) or hotel (H) liquor license to obtain a Wine Expanded Permit to sell up 3,000ml of wine for off-premises consumption. Act 39 has been hailed as the most dramatic change in liquor law since the end of Prohibition.

Contrary to the machinations of the opponents to this change, the world did not end. Instead, Pennsylvania residents finally experienced the convenience of purchasing their wine at the same place (and at the same time) that they purchase their groceries for the week. According to the Liquor Control Board Annual Report, Wine Expanded Permit holders purchased approximately $290 million in wine from the PLCB in Fiscal Year 2019-20 alone.

To this end, I am reintroducing House Bill 1279 from last session. House Bill 1279 increased the amount of wine that could be sold by a holder of a Wine Expanded Permit from 4 bottles of wine to 8 bottles of wine. Furthermore, House Bill 1279 was amended and voted out of the House Liquor Control Committee, and further increased the number of bottles of wine that could be sold to go from 8 to 12, the equivalent of one case.

Please consider cosponsoring this important legislation.



Introduced as HB662