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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3520 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 478 |
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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 | | Jonathan D. Zlotnik and Kimberly N. Ferguson |
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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 the sale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery. |
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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: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 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3520 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 478 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Zlotnik of Gardner and Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 478) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik, Kimberly N. Ferguson and others relative to the sale of |
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| 20 | 20 | | malt beverages produced by a pub brewery. Consumer 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 the sale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery. |
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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 SECTION 1. Section 19D of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (g) and inserting in place thereof |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3the following: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (g) A pub brewer may sell malt beverages or malt beverage products produced by the pub |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5brewery or produced for the pub brewery and sold under the pub brewery name: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 (1) at wholesale to any person holding a valid wholesalers’ and importers’ license under |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7section 18; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 (2) at wholesale in kegs, casks, barrels or bottles to any person holding a license to sell |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9under sections 12, 13 or 14, and, for the sole purpose of resale in containers in which the malt |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10beverage was delivered, to any person holding a license to sell under section 15; provided, that |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11the total annual sales to sections 12, 13, 14, and 15 licensees shall not exceed 50,000 gallons; 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 (3) at wholesale to churches and religious societies, educational institutions, incorporated |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13hospitals, homes for the aged, manufactures of food products and manufacturers of drugs and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14chemicals as authorized by and subject to the provisions of section 28; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 (4) at retail by the bottle to consumers for consumption off premises; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16 (5) at wholesale to any person in any state or territory in which the importation and sale |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17of malt beverages is not prohibited by law; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18 (6) at wholesale to any person in a foreign country. |
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