H4817 • 2025

An Act authorizing the town of Pembroke to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

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Sponsor: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)
Last action: 2026-05-14
Official status: Enacted and laid before the Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about future applicants or the exact conditions for transferring the license.

Pembroke Can Issue One More Alcoholic Beverage License

This act allows Pembroke to issue one more license for selling alcoholic drinks that are not meant to be drunk on the premises.

What This Bill Does

Allows Pembroke's licensing authority to give South Shore Market and Deli an extra license to sell alcohol.
Limits the transfer of this special license to other locations or businesses unless certain conditions are met.
Sets rules for what happens if the license is no longer used by the original business.

Who It Names or Affects

The town of Pembroke
South Shore Market and Deli

Terms To Know

licensing authority: The group in charge of giving out licenses for selling alcoholic drinks.
good standing: Being up to date with all required payments and following the rules set by government departments.

Limits and Unknowns

This act only affects one specific business in Pembroke.
The license can't be moved to a different location or given to another business unless certain conditions are met.
It's not clear when this act will officially start working.

Bill History

2026-05-14 House
Enacted
2026-05-14 Senate
Enacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-11 Senate
Taken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-05-11 Senate
Read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-01 Senate
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-09 Senate
Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-03-05 House
Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-24 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-12-24 House
Rules suspended
2025-12-24 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-08 House
Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-12-08 House
New draft of H4570
2025-12-08 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the town of Pembroke to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4817

SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws , the licensing authority of the town of Pembroke may grant 1 additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to

South Shore Market and Deli, located at 256 Church Street in the town. A license granted pursuant to this act shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.

(b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license granted pursuant to this act to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been paid.

(c) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this act or any such license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, which may, within 3 years after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant at the same location, otherwise such license shall dissolve.

(d) The license granted pursuant to this act shall be issued within 3 years after the effective date of this act; provided, however, that is the license is originally granted within that time period, it may be granted to a new applicant under subsections (b) and (c) thereafter.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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