Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5346: An Act authorizing the City of Westfield to convert a seasonal license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises to an annual license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises
Status: In committee, September 17, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, April 9, 2026:
SECTION 1.(a) Notwithstanding sections 17 and 17B of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the city of Westfield may convert 1 seasonal license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises under section 15 of said chapter 138, currently issued to SHIVA LAXMI INC, d/b/a Pleasant Street Market, located at 54 Pleasant Street to an annual license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises under said section 15 of said chapter 138 to SHIVA LAXMI INC, d/b/a Pleasant Street Market, located at 54 Pleasant Street. The license converted under this section shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said sections 17 and 17B. (b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license converted 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 the licensee terminates or fails to renew a license converted under this section or any …
Sponsors
- Kelly Pease (R, 4th Hampden)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
- : Passed to be engrossed
- : Amendment (Velis) adopted
- : Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : 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
Common questions
- What is H5346?
- H5346 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the City of Westfield to convert a seasonal license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises to an annual license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises.
- What is the status of H5346?
- In committee as of September 17, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (September 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5346?
- Kelly Pease (R, 4th Hampden).
- Where is the official record for H5346?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5346
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