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An Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated districts in summer 2026

Reported by Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5471  ·  Bill

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-06-03HouseReported from the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
2026-06-03HouseNew draft of H5465
2026-06-03HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-06-03HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-06-03HouseRules suspended
2026-06-03HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-04HouseRules suspended
2026-06-04HouseRead third
2026-06-04HouseAmended by substitution of bill with the same title, see H5478 - 150 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 206)

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated districts in summer 2026Thomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Economic Development and Emerging Technologies (J)  ·  2026-06-02 14:00  ·  Favorable Redraft for H.5465

favorable · 13

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
RedraftEconomic Development and Emerging Technologies (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.