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S 206

Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Dan Stec

Requires every carrier bringing wines, malt beverages, or spirits into MA to file monthly reports with the commission, detailing supplier name, address, and shipment weight.

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Bill Summary · S 206

Summary — S 206: Model carrier reporting requirement on delivery of alcoholic beverages

Bill number: S 206
Title: An Act relative to a model carrier reporting requirement on delivery of wines, malt beverages or distilled spirits
Status: Enacted — SIGNED (Chapter 250, Aug. 7, 2025)
Introduced: Jan. 15/23, 2025 (Senate Docket No. 1039 / filed 1/15/2025; formally read/referred 1/23/2025)
Primary subject: Alcohol licensing / carrier reporting (Chapter 138 amendment)

Purpose / Intent

The bill establishes a standardized monthly reporting requirement for carriers who bring wines, malt beverages, or distilled spirits into the Commonwealth. The stated intent is to create a model reporting framework to improve oversight of alcoholic beverage shipments entering Massachusetts.

Key provisions

  • Inserts a new Section 18D into Chapter 138 of the Massachusetts General Laws.
  • Requires every railroad company, express company, common carrier, contract carrier, firm or corporation that brings, carries, or transports wines, malt beverages, or distilled spirits into the Commonwealth to prepare and file a monthly report with “the commission.”
  • Required report contents: name and address of the supplier and the weight of the wines, malt beverages, or distilled spirits transported.
  • Reports must be filed monthly on forms prescribed by the commission.
  • Exemption: the reporting requirement does not apply to deliveries from “certificate of compliance” holders licensed under section 18B to wholesalers licensed under section 18.

Who is affected

  • Covered: carriers and transporters (railroads, express companies, common and contract carriers, firms/corporations) moving alcoholic beverages into Massachusetts.
  • Suppliers and shippers: supplier name/address information must be included in carrier reports.
  • Wholesalers: deliveries from licensed compliance-holders to licensed wholesalers are exempt from carrier reporting.
  • The commission referenced in the statute (the regulatory body designated to receive and prescribe forms) will have administrative responsibilities to collect and manage reports.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Referred to Finance and later to Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure committees; hearings held May 12, 2025.
  • Passed Senate (May 27, 2025) and Assembly (June 4, 2025). Delivered to Governor Aug. 4, 2025; enacted as Chapter 250 on Aug. 7, 2025.
  • Subsequent draft activity referenced (S2661) and related companion bill A3101.

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Administrative burden: carriers will need systems/processes to collect supplier details and weights and file monthly reports on commission-prescribed forms.
  • Regulatory oversight: provides state regulators with more detailed inbound shipment data to aid enforcement, licensing compliance, and monitoring of supply chains.
  • Business and privacy concerns: suppliers and carriers may raise concerns about commercial confidentiality and compliance costs.
  • Exemption narrows scope for established licensed supply chains (certificate-of-compliance holders to wholesalers), focusing reporting on other inbound shipments.

Sponsors / related measures

  • Sponsors listed (per docket): John J. Cronin (presenting), Pavel M. Payano; other listed sponsors in provided materials include Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley, Jim Banks, Pete Ricketts, Dan Stec (note: those names appear in the provided bill metadata).
  • Related/companion items: A 3101 (companion), SD 1039 (replaces), S 2661 (new draft), S 4072 (prior-session).

If you want, I can: (1) identify the specific “commission” referenced under Chapter 138, (2) outline compliance steps carriers would need to take, or (3) draft a one-page compliance checklist for affected carriers.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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