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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 985: 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, further providing for ready-to-drink cocktail permit, for authority to acquire ready-to-drink cocktail permits, for distributors' and importing distributors' restrictions on sales, storage, etc. and for unlawful acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 985 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on September 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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, further providing for ready-to-drink cocktail permit, for authority to acquire ready-to-drink cocktail permits, for distributors' and importing distributors' restrictions on sales, storage, etc. and for unlawful acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees. Primary sponsor: Dan Laughlin (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 4, 2025): Referred to Law & Justice.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan LaughlinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate49
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Law & Justice

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source