PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Republican state senator is calling on Senate leadership to reconvene by Wednesday and finish legislation that would allow restaurants to sell “cocktails-to-go.”
Senator Scott Martin, R-Lancaster County, is urging Senate leaders to bring up the bill before June 30.
That date is significant, because that’s when rules allowing legislative remote voting by Zoom will expire.
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill back in May that would have made take-out alcoholic drinks permanent.
But the Senate tacked on an amendment that would expand who could sell certain pre-mixed, canned hard-liquor drinks. That amended bill tanked in voting.
The House passed the bill again last week without the amendment. The Senate needs to agree to the non-amended version before the bill becomes law.
Currently, the Pennsylvania House and Senate are not scheduled to be back until the end of September.
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