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Committee reports bill to restore age-compliance checks by State Police liquor enforcement
Summary
House Bill 1173, which would reinstate an age-compliance check provision in the Pennsylvania liquor code to allow the State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement to conduct compliance checks for underage sales and ID checks, was reported from the House Liquor Control Committee.
The House Liquor Control Committee reported House Bill 1173 to the full House after committee consideration. The bill seeks to reinstate an age-compliance check provision in the Pennsylvania liquor code used by the Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement to conduct compliance checks to ensure licensees do not sell alcohol to underage individuals and are properly checking identification.
Representative Smith, sponsor of the bill, told the committee she brought the measure to give law enforcement “the tools they need to keep our younger generation safe from the effects of alcohol,” and noted work on the measure in the prior session. Committee staff member Lynn summarized the provision as restoring the authority for the State Police liquor enforcement unit to conduct age-compliance checks under the liquor code.
Committee proceedings recorded no negative votes in the transcript and the chairman announced HB1173 was "reported from committee." The committee transcript does not include a roll-call tally or additional testimony from industry or community speakers in the excerpt.
If approved by the full House and enacted, the bill would restore the cited enforcement mechanism to the liquor code; the committee action reported the bill forward but does not itself change the code.
