An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures

1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 280 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3525 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Joseph D. McKenna _________________ 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 promoting the proper disposal of miniatures. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED: Joseph D. McKenna 18th Worcester 1/7/2025 Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida 7th Plymouth 2/7/2025 Kelly W. Pease 4th Hampden 3/25/2025 Steven George Xiarhos 5th Barnstable 12/15/2025 1 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 280 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3525 By Representative McKenna of Sutton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3525) of Joseph D. McKenna and Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida for legislation to further define miniature beverage containers under the "bottle bill", so-called. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 3189 OF 2023-2024.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025-2026) _______________ An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures. 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 321 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 2 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definitions of “Beverage” and “Beverage 3 container” and inserting in place thereof the following 2 definitions:- 4 “Beverage”, soda water or similar carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, alcoholic 5 beverages sold in a miniature and beer and other malt beverages, but shall not include alcoholic 6 beverages other than beer and malt beverages as defined in chapter 138 and alcoholic beverages 7 sold in a miniature, dairy products, natural fruit juices or wine. 8 “Beverage container”, any sealable bottle, can, jar, or carton which is primarily composed 9 of glass, metal, plastic or any combination of those materials and is produced for the purpose of 2 of 2 10 containing a beverage, including a miniature. This definition shall not include containers made of 11 biodegradable material. 12 SECTION 2. Said section 321 of said chapter 94 is hereby further amended by inserting 13 after the definition of “Label” the following definition:- 14 “Miniature”, any sealable bottle, can, jar, or carton which is primarily composed of glass, 15 metal, plastic, or any combination of those materials that has a capacity of not more than 100 16 milliliters and is produced for the purpose of containing an alcoholic beverage.