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S2553 • 2025

An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

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Sponsor
Dooner, Kelly A.
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises By Mrs.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises By Mrs.
  • Dooner and Mr.
  • Orall of Berkeley, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2553) of Kelly A.

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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. 2026-05-26 House

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

  2. 2026-05-26 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-05-26 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-04-28 House

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2026-04-27 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  6. 2026-04-27 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  7. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  8. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  9. 2026-01-08 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday March 5, 2026

  10. 2025-10-14 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-11:30 AM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  11. 2025-10-02 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  12. 2025-07-14 House

    House concurred

  13. 2025-07-10 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
By Mrs. Dooner and Mr. Orall of Berkeley, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2553) of Kelly A. Dooner and Norman J. Orrall (by vote of the town) to authorize the town of Berkley to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2553

SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the town of Berkley may grant up to five (5) additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to establishments located within the Town of Berkley's General Business District, as identified on the "Town of Berkley Zoning Map", as may be amended from time to time. The license shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17, with such conditions and restrictions as the licensing authority shall deem appropriate.

(b) If a license granted pursuant to this act is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use at the location of original issuance, it shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority and the licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant.

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

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