Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H442: An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions
Status: In committee, April 8, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following section:- Section 12D. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the local licensing authority in a city or town that votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages may grant temporary licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises to applicants that are nonprofit charitable corporations organized under chapter 180 and registered with the non-profit organizations and public charities division of the office of the attorney general. Each such temporary license shall describe the premises to which it applies and shall be granted only for the premises that are the principal place of business or headquarters of the applicant and that are legally zoned to allow such sales, or that are the premises of a licensee under section 12. The temporary license shall not be valid for more than 10 consecutive calendar days and a holder of any such temporary license shall not be granted more than 2 such licenses in a calendar year. A holder of a temporary license under this subsection shall be permitted to conduct such sales on any day and at any time permitted under said section 12. Any alcoholic beverages …
Sponsors
- Joan Meschino (D, 3rd Plymouth) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Amended by substitution of bill with the same title, see H5351
- : Read third
- : Rules suspended
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- : Accompanied by H37 and H440
- : Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
- : Senate concurred
Common questions
- What is H442?
- H442 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions.
- What is the status of H442?
- In committee as of April 8, 2026. Latest action: Amended by substitution of bill with the same title, see H5351 (April 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored H442?
- Joan Meschino (D, 3rd Plymouth).
- Where is the official record for H442?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H442
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