# Massachusetts H 4282: An Act authorizing the town of Palmer to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages Massachusetts H 4282, An Act authorizing the town of Palmer to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; status signed, last action 2025-11-26 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4282-194 - 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 4282 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the town of Palmer to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-07-23 - Last action: 2025-11-26, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Five new alcohol licenses in Palmer: benefit, medium. The law lets Palmer issue five extra all‑alcohol licenses beyond the usual state cap. Three are for on‑site service (section 12): Tables at the Farm, 3092 Palmer St; Don Juans Cantina Palmer LLC, 1519 N. Main St; and Ernestina’s LLC, 2054 Bridge St. Two are for off‑site sales (section 15): Luke’s B… - Rules for new Palmer liquor licenses: mixed, low. On‑site service is allowed only in the dining room and any other public areas the town approves in writing. A license cannot move to a new address. The town may grant it to a new owner at the same address if the applicant files letters from the Department of Revenue and the Department of Unemployme… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Cosponsor: Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Todd M. Smola (Republican), House ## Actions (17) - 2025-11-26: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-11-19: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-11-19: Enacted (House) - 2025-11-19: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2025-11-10: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2025-11-06: Passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-11-06: Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2673 (Senate) - 2025-11-06: Read third (Senate) - 2025-10-20: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-10-09: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-10-06: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-08-18: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-08-18: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-08-18: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-07-23: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-07-23: New draft of H466 (House) - 2025-07-23: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-11-26: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4282.pdf) ## Related bills - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - 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 76 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4282.pdf) ## Related - [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 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [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-H4282-194 (as of 2026-11-01).