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An Act authorizing the town of Dartmouth to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Filed by Christopher M. Markey  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2026.

H4006  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4508

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-04-07HouseReferred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-05-01SenateSenate concurred
2025-05-23JointHearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-07-17HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-07-31HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-07-31HouseRules suspended
2025-07-31HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-11-13HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-17SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-14SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-05-14SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-18HouseEnacted
2026-05-18SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-26ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2026

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-06-02Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableConsumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.