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An Act authorizing the town of Walpole to grant up to 2 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Filed by Michael F. Rush  ·  4 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2532  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2978

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-16SenateReferred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-06-18HouseHouse 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
2026-08-06SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-08-06SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-08-10HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-08-27HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-08-27HouseRules suspended
2026-08-27HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

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)

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.