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H5478Introduced in the House

Authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated districts in summer 2026

Passed

Introduced by Thomas Walsh, District 12-ESS

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Official description

Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 5471)

Where it stands

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2026

June 8, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Substituted for H5471

  2. Passed to be engrossed

  3. Read, rules suspended and read second

  4. Amended (Cyr) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3114, as amended

  5. Reprinted as amended, see S3115

  6. Ordered to a third reading

  7. Read third and passed to be engrossed

  8. Referred to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

  9. House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see H5482

  10. Rules suspended

  11. Senate concurred in the further House amendment

  12. Emergency preamble adopted

  13. Emergency preamble adopted

  14. Enacted

  15. Enacted and laid before the Governor

  16. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2026

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