PENNSYLVANIA, March 10 - 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:

§ 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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