Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Monday, May 12, 2025
Start Time:: 10:00 AM
Location:: A-2 and Virtual
Event Description: Alcohol Manufacturing, Transportation, and Reform Matters; and Local Alcohol Petitions

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be live-streamed and recorded for viewing on the “Hearings & Events” page of the General Court’s website.

Written testimony is encouraged in lieu of or in addition to oral testimony; and may be submitted via email to JointCommittee.ConsumerProtection&ProfessionalLicensure@malegislature.gov or mailed to the Chairs:

Representative Tackey Chan, House Chair
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
24 Beacon Street, Room 42
Boston, MA 02133

Senator Pavel Payano, Senate Chair
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
24 Beacon Street, Room 413-B
Boston, MA 02133

Please include the bill number and “TESTIMONY” in the subject line of the email. The Committee will accept written testimony on any bill up until such is acted on. Registration is not required to submit written testimony.

Registration to present oral testimony, both remotely and in-person, is required. To register, please provide your contact information into this FORM not later than Friday, May 9th at 5:00PM. If providing testimony remotely, you will receive an invitation to the hearing with instructions via email after the registration deadline closes. The Committee may accept in-person oral testimony on the day of without prior registration. Please note that there is a time limit of 3-minutes per person for all oral testimony.

Testimony submitted to the Committee will be made publicly available. By submission, you agree to release to the public all information you have included unless you clearly advise the Committee otherwise in writing. The Committee will make reasonable efforts to ensure the email address or other personal sensitive information provided will not be published. Nevertheless, the Committee advises that you do not include any information you do not intend to make public, such as medical or other sensitive information.

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chairs.

Pursuant to House Rule 27, the Committee shall make a final report on all House filed bills heard on this date not later than July 11, 2025 (with a possible 30 additional calendar days thereafter).

This public hearing will be chaired by Rep. Chan. Do not hesitate to contact Marissa Dakin (Marissa.Dakin@mahouse.gov) with any inquiries regarding House filed matters or Thomas Mahoney (Thomas.Mahoney@masenate.gov) with any inquiries regarding Senate filed matters.
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - 5-12-2025	5/12/2025 10:00 AM	01:30:54

Agenda

Alcohol Manufacturing, Transportation and Reform; and Local Alcohol Petitions 10:00am - 11:45am

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.36	An Act modernizing the Massachusetts alcohol laws	Office of the State Treasurer
H.477	An Act modernizing the Massachusetts laws	Christopher J. Worrell
S.207	An Act modernizing the Massachusetts alcohol laws	John J. Cronin
H.37	An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions	Office of the State Treasurer
H.442	An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions	Joan Meschino
H.328	An Act relative to the sale of wines and malt beverages by food stores	Daniel Cahill
H.329	An Act relative to license caps	Daniel Cahill
H.353	An Act relative to retail alcohol license caps	Mark J. Cusack
H.357	An Act to regulate hemp-derived beverages like alcohol	Michael S. Day
S.222	An Act to regulate Hemp-derived beverages like alcohol	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
H.360	An Act relative to certain licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the city of Holyoke	Patricia A. Duffy
H.370	An Act relative to removing liquor license caps in communities	Paul K. Frost
H.386	An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises	Kate Hogan
H.387	An Act authorizing the town of Maynard to grant an additional license for the sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises	Kate Hogan
H.3893	An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.408	An Act relative to cider	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.412	An Act relative to creating uniform standards for section 12 and 15 license applications	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.435	An Act amending successor supplier laws	John J. Mahoney
S.203	An Act amending successor supplier laws	John J. Cronin
H.437	An Act returning liquor license control to municipalities	Joseph D. McKenna
S.279	An Act returning liquor license control to municipalities	Jacob R. Oliveira
H.440	An Act to allow non-profits to purchase alcohol from retail package stores for charitable events	Paul McMurtry
H.445	An Act relative to termination of sales to wholesalers by suppliers of alcoholic beverages	Michael J. Moran
H.456	An Act relative to the creation of additional business opportunities for alcohol retailers	Sean Reid
H.466	An Act authorizing the town of Palmer to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages	Todd M. Smola
H.478	An Act relative to the sale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery	Jonathan D. Zlotnik
S.206	An Act relative to a model carrier reporting requirement on delivery of wines, malt beverages or distilled spirits	John J. Cronin

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