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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2998 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 443 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Samantha Montaño |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2998 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 443 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Montaño of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 443) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Samantha Montaño for legislation relative to happy hour in the Commonwealth. Consumer |
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| 20 | 20 | | Protection and Professional Licensure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to conviviality and downtown revitalization. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2amended by inserting after Section 33B the following 2 new sections:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 33C. In a city or town that accepts this section in the manner provided in section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 44 of chapter 4, an establishment holding a license to sell alcohol to be drunk on the premises |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5shall be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages or alcohol at a discounted price, in a manner as |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6approved by the city or town. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 Section 33D. In a city or town that accepts this section in the manner provided in section |
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| 36 | 36 | | 84 of chapter 4, a common victualler duly licensed under chapter 140 or any person duly licensed |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9under section 12, section 19, section 19C or section 19D to sell all alcoholic beverages or only |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10wines and malt beverages may discount any alcoholic beverages during a specified time period |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11subject to ordinance, by-law, or other limitations as provided by the city and town and; provided, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12however, that: (i) the prices of alcoholic beverages are not changed during the time period during 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13which they are discounted; (ii) alcoholic beverages are not discounted between the hours of 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14p.m. and the licensed establishment’s closing hour; and (iii) notice of the discount of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15alcoholic beverages during the time period specified is posted on the licensed premises and on |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16the licensee’s publicly available website not less than 3 days prior to the specified time. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17Authorized persons may advertise events permitted under this statute consistent with local |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18approval. |
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