H5344 • 2025

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

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Sponsor: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)
Last action: 2026-05-04
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act removing the seating capacity requirements of 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 of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

What This Bill Does

An Act removing the seating capacity requirements of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

2026-05-04 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-05-04 House
Rules suspended
2026-05-04 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-09 House
Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2026-04-09 House
New draft of H5051
2026-04-09 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Official Summary Text

An Act removing the seating capacity requirements of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Belmont
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.5344

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding anything in chapter 128 of the acts of 1997 to the contrary, restaurants holding 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 2004 to the contrary, restaurants holding licenses issued pursuant to such chapter, or authorized pursuant to a ballot question thereunder, may have any number of seats.

SECTION 3. Section 1 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 1 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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