# Massachusetts H 4272: An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Massachusetts H 4272, An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; status signed, last action 2026-03-05 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4272
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-07-21
- Last action: 2026-03-05, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New take-home alcohol license for Hudson shop: mixed, medium. The law authorizes one extra license to sell wine and malt to-go for Hudson Hives LLC at 45 Main Street, Suite 203. It follows state alcohol law, except the usual section 17 cap does not apply. The town must issue the license within 3 years of the law’s effective date. The license cannot move to an…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsor: Kate Hogan (Democratic), House

## Actions (13)

- 2026-03-05: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-02-25: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Enacted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-07-24: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-07-24: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-07-24: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-07-21: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-07-21: New draft of H386 (House)
- 2025-07-21: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-03-05: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4272.pdf)

## Related bills

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- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4272.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4272-194 (as of 2026-11-01).