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H5051 • 2025

An Act removing the seating capacity requirements for licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont

An Act removing the seating capacity requirements for licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont

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Sponsor
Rogers, David M.
Last action
2026-04-09
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H5344
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act removing the seating capacity requirements for licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont

An Act removing the seating capacity requirements for licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont By Representative Rogers of Cambridge and Senator Brownsberger, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act removing the seating capacity requirements for licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont By Representative Rogers of Cambridge and Senator Brownsberger, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 5051) of David M.
  • Rogers and William N.
  • Brownsberger (by vote of the town) relative to removing the seating capacity requirements for licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-09 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H5344

  2. 2026-03-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 03/27/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  3. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Senate concurred

  4. 2026-02-02 House

    Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Official Summary Text

An Act removing the seating capacity requirements for licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont
By Representative Rogers of Cambridge and Senator Brownsberger, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 5051) of David M. Rogers and William N. Brownsberger (by vote of the town) relative to removing the seating capacity requirements for licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.5051

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding anything in chapter 128 of the acts of 1997 to the contrary, licenses issued pursuant to such chapter, or authorized pursuant to a ballot question thereunder, may have any number of seats.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding anything in chapter 14 of the acts of 2014 to the contrary, licenses issued pursuant to such chapter, or authorized pursuant to a ballot question thereunder, may have any number of seats.

SECTION 3. Section I of chapter 388 of the acts of 2010 is hereby amended by striking out the words "having a seating capacity of not less than 60 and no more than 250 seats".

SECTION 4. Section I of chapter 15 of the acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking out the words "having a seating capacity of not less than 39 and not more than 125 seats".

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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