Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts S3261: An Act authorizing the city of Greenfield to grant an additional liquor license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
Status: In committee, October 26, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, August 13, 2026:
SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the city of Greenfield may grant 1 additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 138 to the Bear's Den and Gleason Ventures LLC, located at 5 Bank Row, in the city of Greenfield. The license granted pursuant to this section shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17. (b) A license granted under this section shall only be exercised in the dining room of a common victualler and such other public rooms or areas as may be deemed reasonable and appropriate by the licensing authority as certified in writing. (c) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the 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. (d) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under …
Sponsors
- Joanne Comerford (D, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester) · primary sponsor
- Whipps, Susannah M. (I, 2nd Franklin)
Latest actions
- : 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
- : Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- : Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
- : House concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (October 2, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is S3261?
- S3261 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the city of Greenfield to grant an additional liquor license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises.
- What is the status of S3261?
- In committee as of October 26, 2026. Latest action: Read second and ordered to a third reading (October 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored S3261?
- Joanne Comerford (D, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S3261?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3261
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