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An Act to ensure economic opportunity related to alcohol licenses

Filed by Paul McMurtry  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4597  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5196

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-09-29HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2025-10-06HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-10-09SenateSenate concurred
2026-01-23JointHearing scheduled for 02/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
2026-03-30HouseAccompanied a new draft, see H5306

1 committee vote

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)  ·  2026-03-18 11:15  ·  Favorable, as redraft

favorable · 10

adverse · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2026-02-04Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (H)
AccompaniedConsumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)

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.