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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3520 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 478
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jonathan D. Zlotnik and Kimberly N. Ferguson
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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. Zlotnik2nd Worcester1/17/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/17/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester1/24/2025Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin2/10/2025Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire2/10/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/19/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester3/4/2025Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester3/5/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3520 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 478
By Representatives Zlotnik of Gardner and Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 478) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik, Kimberly N. Ferguson and others relative to the sale of
malt beverages produced by a pub brewery. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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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:
1 SECTION 1. Section 19D of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (g) and inserting in place thereof
3the following:
4 (g) A pub brewer may sell malt beverages or malt beverage products produced by the pub
5brewery or produced for the pub brewery and sold under the pub brewery name:
6 (1) at wholesale to any person holding a valid wholesalers’ and importers’ license under
7section 18;
8 (2) at wholesale in kegs, casks, barrels or bottles to any person holding a license to sell
9under sections 12, 13 or 14, and, for the sole purpose of resale in containers in which the malt
10beverage was delivered, to any person holding a license to sell under section 15; provided, that
11the total annual sales to sections 12, 13, 14, and 15 licensees shall not exceed 50,000 gallons; 2 of 2
12 (3) at wholesale to churches and religious societies, educational institutions, incorporated
13hospitals, homes for the aged, manufactures of food products and manufacturers of drugs and
14chemicals as authorized by and subject to the provisions of section 28;
15 (4) at retail by the bottle to consumers for consumption off premises;
16 (5) at wholesale to any person in any state or territory in which the importation and sale
17of malt beverages is not prohibited by law; and
18 (6) at wholesale to any person in a foreign country.