PRINTER'S NO. 315
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
304
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, STEFANO, TARTAGLIONE AND PHILLIPS-HILL,
MARCH 10, 2021
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, MARCH 10, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in food protection, prohibiting return of groceries
and other foodstuffs during COVID-19 disaster emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 3 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 5711.1. Prohibiting return of groceries and other foodstuffs
during COVID-19 disaster emergency.
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (b), no proprietor of a retail food establishment may
accept the return of any groceries and other foodstuffs
purchased by a consumer during, and for 30 days following
termination of, the proclamation of disaster emergency issued by
the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March
21, 2020), and any renewal of the state of disaster emergency.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if:
(1) the proprietor determines, in the proprietor's sole
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