Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5347: An Act authorizing the town of Bourne to grant an additional license for the sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises
Status: Signed into law, October 1, 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 Bourne may grant 1 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 Sea State Foods, LLC, d/b/a Cataumet Fish, located at 1360 Route 28A, Cataumet, in the town of Bourne. 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 a license granted under this act 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 …
Sponsors
- Licensure, Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional (I) · primary sponsor
- David Vieira (R, 3rd Barnstable)
- Steven Xiarhos (R, 5th Barnstable)
- Dylan Fernandes (D)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 226 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, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
- : 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 H5347?
- H5347 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the town of Bourne to grant an additional license for the sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises.
- What is the status of H5347?
- Signed into law as of October 1, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 226 of the Acts of 2026 (October 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5347?
- Licensure, Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional (I), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H5347?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5347
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