PRINTER'S NO. 158
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
186
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, COX, NEILSON, DeLUCA AND HILL-EVANS,
JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 28, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in minors, further providing for the
offense of selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed
beverages to minors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6310.1(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6310.1. Selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed
beverages to minors.
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(c) Minimum penalty.--In addition to any other penalty
imposed pursuant to this title or other statute, a person who is
convicted of violating subsection (a) shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than [$1,000] $3,500 or to imprisonment for
not less than one month, or both, for the first violation and a
fine of [$2,500] $7,000 or to imprisonment for not less than
three months, or both, for each subsequent violation. There
shall be no authority in any court to impose on an offender any
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lesser sentence than the minimum sentence mandated by this
subsection. No court shall have the authority to suspend any
sentence as defined in this section. Nothing in this section
shall prevent the sentencing court from imposing a sentence
greater than the minimum sentence mandated in this subsection.
In no case shall the sentence exceed the maximum sentence
prescribed by law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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