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.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2025-06-02 | Senate | Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure |
| 2025-06-05 | House | House concurred |
| 2025-10-02 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 |
| 2025-10-14 | Joint | Hearing rescheduled to 10/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-11:30 AM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time |
| 2026-01-08 | Senate | Reporting date extended to Thursday March 5, 2026 |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 2026-04-01 | Senate | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-04-01 | Senate | Taken out of the Orders of the Day |
| 2026-04-01 | Senate | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 2026-04-02 | House | Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 2026-04-30 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 2026-04-30 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2026-04-30 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-08-06 | House | Read third |
| 2026-08-06 | House | Amended by substitution of the text of H5650 |
| 2026-08-06 | House | Passed to be engrossed |
| 2026-08-27 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2026-08-27 | Senate | Senate concurred in the House amendment |
| 2026-09-03 | House | Enacted |
| 2026-09-03 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
1 amendments filed
1 adopted
| No. | Title | Moved by | Outcome |
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| House 1 | 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 | Thomas P. Walsh | Adopted |
1 committee vote
Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J) · 2026-03-05 11:00 · Ought to pass
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