MassachusettsMarion may let one store sell all alcoholic drinks to go
Marion’s licensing authority may let J. Sull Wine sell all types of alcoholic drinks to take home, with the store returning its wine-and-malt license when the new license is issued.
What it does
Marion’s licensing authority may give J. Sull Wine a license to sell all types of alcoholic drinks for customers to take away. When that license is issued, the store must return its wine-and-malt license.
Argument forCustomers may be able to buy all types of alcoholic drinks to take home from J. Sull Wine’s Marion location.
Argument againstThe location-only rule may limit future operators’ choices, and the license could end if Marion does not grant it to another applicant within three years after it is returned.
More detail
Marion’s licensing authority may grant an additional license for take-home sales of all alcoholic drinks. The license may go to C & J Sull LLC, doing business as J. Sull Wine, at 119 Wareham Road, Unit 105, in Marion. It cannot be moved to another location. The license is subject to the state’s other liquor laws, except the rule that limits the number of licenses. When the new license is issued, the licensee must return its wine-and-malt license to the town. A new applicant may receive the license at the same location only after providing state letters confirming good standing and payment of applicable taxes, fees, and contributions. The license must be issued within one year after the law took effect. If returned, it may go to another applicant at the same location within three years; otherwise, it ends.
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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
- Sep 4Signed by the Governor Maura Healey, Chapter 202 of the Acts of 2026Latest
- Sep 3Enacted and laid before the GovernorMajor
- Sep 3EnactedBecame Law
- Aug 31Read third and passed to be engrossedPassed 2nd Chamber
- Aug 31Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- Aug 4Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jul 29Read third and passed to be engrossedPassed 1st Chamber
- Jul 29Rules suspended
- Jun 15Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jun 15Rules suspended
- Jun 15Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- May 26Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingMinor
- May 26New draft of H5378
- May 26Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional LicensureIntroduced