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An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to convert 4 licenses for sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises to 4 licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises and to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages in the containers less than 200 milliliters

Filed by Bruce E. Tarr  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2526  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2947

20 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-02SenateReferred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-06-05HouseHouse concurred
2025-10-02JointHearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-10-14JointHearing rescheduled to 10/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-11:30 AM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-01-08SenateReporting date extended to Thursday March 5, 2026
2026-03-09SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-01SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-01SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-01SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-02HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-30HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-30HouseRules suspended
2026-04-30HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-08-06HouseRead third
2026-08-06HouseAmended by substitution of the text of H5650
2026-08-06HousePassed to be engrossed
2026-08-27SenateRules suspended
2026-08-27SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment
2026-09-03HouseEnacted
2026-09-03SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to convert 4 licenses for sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises to 4 licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises and to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages in the containers less than 200 millilitersThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)  ·  2026-03-05 11:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

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
2025-10-14Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableConsumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
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.