Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5097: An Act authorizing the city of Salem to convert seasonal licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises to annual licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
Status: Signed into law, September 16, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 12, 2026:
SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding sections 17 and 17A of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the city of Salem may convert 1 seasonal license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises under section 12 of said chapter 138, currently issued to Amazing Pizza LLC d/b/a Amazing Pizza and used at 62 Wharf Street to an annual license for the sale of wine and malt beverages and cordials to be drunk on the premises under said section 12 of said chapter 138 to Amazing Pizza LLC d/b/a Amazing Pizza and used at 62 Wharf Street. The license converted under this section shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except sections 17 and 17A. (b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license converted pursuant to this section 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 a license converted under this section …
Sponsors
- Joan Lovely (D, Second Essex)
- Manny Cruz (D)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 216 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
Common questions
- What is H5097?
- H5097 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the city of Salem to convert seasonal licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises to annual licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises.
- What is the status of H5097?
- Signed into law as of September 16, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 216 of the Acts of 2026 (September 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5097?
- Joan Lovely (D, Second Essex), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H5097?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5097
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