HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4590

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 14, 2022.

The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 475) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik and others relative to the selling of malt beverages or malt beverage products produced by a pub brewery, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4590) ought to pass.

For the committee,

TACKEY CHAN.

        FILED ON: 1/31/2022

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4590

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to the sale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery.

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 19D of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (g) and inserting in place thereof the following:

(g) A pub brewer may sell malt beverages or malt beverage products produced by the pub brewery or produced for the pub brewery and sold under the pub brewery name:

(1) at wholesale to any person holding a valid wholesalers’ and importers’ license under section 18;

(2) at wholesale in kegs, casks, barrels or bottles to any person holding a license to sell under sections 12, 13 or 14, and, for the sole purpose of resale in containers in which the malt beverage was delivered, to any person holding a license to sell under section 15; provided, that the total annual sales to sections 12, 13, 14, and 15 licensees shall not exceed 50,000 gallons;

(3) at wholesale to churches and religious societies, educational institutions, incorporated hospitals, homes for the aged, manufactures of food products and manufacturers of drugs and chemicals as authorized by and subject to the provisions of section 28;

(4) at retail by the bottle to consumers for consumption off premises;

(5) at wholesale to any person in any state or territory in which the importation and sale of malt beverages is not prohibited by law; and

(6) at wholesale to any person in a foreign country.