MassachusettsAn Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated districts in summer 2026
What it does
Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 5471)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Maura Healey, Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2026Latest
- Jun 8Enacted and laid before the GovernorMajor
- Jun 8EnactedBecame Law
- Jun 8Emergency preamble adopted
- Jun 8Emergency preamble adopted
- Jun 8Senate concurred in the further House amendment
- Jun 8Rules suspended
- Jun 8House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see H5482
- Jun 8Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third ReadingMinor
- Jun 8Read third and passed to be engrossedPassed 2nd Chamber
- Jun 8Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 8Reprinted as amended, see S3115
- Jun 8Amended (Cyr) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3114, as amendedMajor
- Jun 8Read, rules suspended and read secondMinor
- Jun 4Passed to be engrossedPassed 1st Chamber
- Vote recorded H. 5478 on adoption of amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 4Substituted for H5471Introduced