Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4286: An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises
Status: Signed into law, December 10, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text, July 23, 2025:
SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the town of Somerset may grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to Olde Village Convenience Store located at 2756 County Street in the town. The license granted pursuant to this act shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17. (b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of a license granted pursuant to this act to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees, and contributions have been paid. (c) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew the license granted under this section or any such license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority which may, within 3 years after such return, then grant …
Sponsors
- Justin Thurber (R)
- Michael Rodrigues (D, First Bristol and Plymouth)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2025
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : 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
Common questions
- What is H4286?
- H4286 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises.
- What is the status of H4286?
- Signed into law as of December 10, 2025. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2025 (December 10, 2025).
- Who sponsored H4286?
- Justin Thurber (R), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H4286?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4286
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