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An Act authorizing the town of Scituate to issue four additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Reported by Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2025.

H4657  ·  Bill

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-29HouseReported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-10-29HouseNew draft of H4184
2025-10-29HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-06HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-11-06HouseRules suspended
2025-11-06HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-04HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-08SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2025-12-22SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-12-22SenateRules suspended
2025-12-22SenateRead second, amended (O'Connor), ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-24HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2025-12-31HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-01-05HouseEnacted
2026-01-05SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-01-12ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2025

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Scituate AmendmentPatrick M. O'ConnorAdopted

1 committee vote

Rules (S)  ·  2025-12-19 16:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day

favorable · 7

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

Committee actions

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

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

  • Maura T. Healey

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.