Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5345: An Act authorizing the town of Westford to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises
Status: Passed both chambers, October 29, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, April 9, 2026:
SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the town of Westford may grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to Keshav Partnership Group LLC, D/B/A Main Street Convenience located at 103 Main Street in the town of Westford. The license 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 under 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 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 and the licensing authority may, within 3 years after such return, …
Sponsors
- Licensure, Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional (I) · primary sponsor
- James Arciero (D, 2nd Middlesex)
Latest actions
- : 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 second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third (title changed) 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 H5345?
- H5345 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the town of Westford to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises.
- What is the status of H5345?
- Passed both chambers as of October 29, 2026. Latest action: Enacted and laid before the Governor (October 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5345?
- Licensure, Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional (I), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H5345?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5345
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