HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2701        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 401

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

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

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

1/18/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/24/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/24/2023

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/25/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/7/2023

Paul W. Mark

Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire

2/9/2023

Daniel R. Carey

2nd Hampshire

2/11/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/11/2023

William M. Straus

10th Bristol

2/13/2023

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

2/17/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/22/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/26/2023

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

2/26/2023

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

2/28/2023

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos

14th Essex

4/13/2023

Priscila S. Sousa

6th Middlesex

5/15/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

5/19/2023

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

5/19/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

6/4/2023

Paul A. Schmid III

8th Bristol

6/5/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

6/14/2023

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

6/14/2023

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

6/14/2023

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

7/12/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2701        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 401

By Representative Zlotnik of Gardner, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 401) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik and others relative to the sale of malt beverages produced by pub breweries.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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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.