# Massachusetts H 3893: An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises Massachusetts H 3893, An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Michelle L. Ciccolo (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-09-26 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3893-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 3893 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-13 - Last action: 2025-09-26, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: Michelle L. Ciccolo (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Ten new wine and beer licenses in Lexington: benefit, medium. The town of Lexington can issue 10 new on-premises wine and malt licenses. One license each is reserved for Pinot's Palette, Galaray House Art Gallery, Lexington Venue Theater, and Fable Brewing. Six licenses are limited to businesses inside the Village, Multifamily, or Village High-Rise overlay di… - Use rules for Lexington alcohol licenses: cost, low. Licenses issued under this act follow chapter 138 rules, except section 17 does not apply. You may use the license only in the dining room of a common victualler. The licensing authority can allow other public rooms if it certifies this in writing. If you hold a zoned license, the face of the licen… - Named license transfer and renewal rules: mixed, medium. The four named licenses cannot be moved to another address. The licensing authority may give the license to a new applicant at the same address. The applicant must provide letters from the Department of Revenue and the Department of Unemployment Assistance showing good standing and full payment. If… - Zoned license transfer and reissue rules: mixed, medium. The six zoned licenses cannot be moved outside the original overlay zone. The licensing authority may reissue one only to a business inside that zone. The applicant must provide letters from the Department of Revenue and the Department of Unemployment Assistance showing good standing and full payme… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Michelle L. Ciccolo (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic), Senate ## Actions (14) - 2025-09-26: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-09-18: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-09-17: Enacted (House) - 2025-09-15: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-09-15: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-08-21: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-08-18: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-07-23: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-07-23: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-07-23: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-07-17: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-05-05: Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 (legislature) - 2025-03-31: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-09-26: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3893.pdf) ## Related bills - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) - H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) - H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed) ## Sources - [Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3893.pdf) ## Related - [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3893-194 (as of 2026-11-01).