# Massachusetts H 4286: An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises

Massachusetts H 4286, An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off 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 2025-12-10 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4286
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-07-23
- Last action: 2025-12-10, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 86 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
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Olde Village Store beer and wine license: mixed, low. The law lets Somerset grant one more off-premises beer and wine license to Olde Village Convenience Store at 2756 County Street. It follows state alcohol laws in chapter 138, except section 17. The license cannot be moved to another address. A new owner at the same address can get it only with lett…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsor: Justin Thurber (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael J. Rodrigues (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (13)

- 2025-12-10: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-12-01: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-12-01: Enacted (House)
- 2025-11-26: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-11-26: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-11-06: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-11-03: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-08-21: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-08-21: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-08-21: 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 H3906 (House)
- 2025-07-23: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-12-10: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4286.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 86 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4286.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-H4286-194 (as of 2026-11-01).