HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2107        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 272

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act authorizing pub brewer self distribution and sales on Sundays.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/17/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

1/24/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/17/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/17/2019

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/30/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/31/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/28/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/28/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/28/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/29/2019

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/30/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/31/2019

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/31/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

2/1/2019

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/1/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/1/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2107        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 272

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 272) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to authorize pub brewers to sell at retail certain malt beverages and products on Sundays and legal holidays.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act authorizing pub brewer self distribution and sales on Sundays.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out lines 95 to 99, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following:-

"Pub brewery'', a plant or premise licensed under sections 12 and 19D where malt beverages are authorized to be produced and sold and where alcoholic beverages or wine only are authorized to be sold for consumption on the premises according to commission regulations and malt beverages may be sold for consumption off the premises.

SECTION 2. Section 19 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the words ‘and 19C’ in lines 12 and 13 and inserting in place thereof the following:- ‘19C and 19D’.

SECTION 3. Section 19D of said chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (h) and inserting in place thereof the following:-

(h) A pub brewer may be licensed as a keeper of a pub brewery by the local licensing authorities subject to the prior approval of the commission to sell all alcoholic beverages or only wines and malt beverages, as the case may be, for consumption on the pub brewery premises in accordance with the pertinent provisions of section 12 and such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe. A pub brewer licensed under section 12 may sell at retail to consumers for off premises consumption malt beverages or malt beverage products not produced by the pub brewery on the pub brewery premises or produced for the pub brewery and sold under the pub brewery brand name. All retail sales shall be made on the pub brewery premises.

SECTION 4. Section 33 of said chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 30 after the words ‘legal holidays;’, the following: - ‘provided further, that a licensee under section 19D may sell malt beverages at retail by the bottle to consumers for consumption off the brewery premises on Sundays and legal holidays;’