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H5096 • 2025

An Act relative to extending the timeframe within which the town of Southbridge may grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

An Act relative to extending the timeframe within which the town of Southbridge may grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)
Last action
2026-06-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 120 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to extending the timeframe within which the town of Southbridge may grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

An Act relative to extending the timeframe within which the town of Southbridge may grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to extending the timeframe within which the town of Southbridge may grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-30 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 120 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-06-25 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. 2026-06-24 House

    Enacted

  4. 2026-06-23 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-06-23 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2026-04-13 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  8. 2026-04-09 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2026-03-16 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  10. 2026-03-16 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2026-03-16 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2026-02-12 House

    Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

  13. 2026-02-12 House

    New draft of H4588

  14. 2026-02-12 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to extending the timeframe within which the town of Southbridge may grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.5096

SECTION 1. Subsection (e) of section 1 of chapter 214 of the acts of 2022, is hereby amended by striking out the date “December 31, 2025” and inserting in place thereof the following date:- January 2, 2029.

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

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