# Massachusetts H 4287: An Act authorizing the city known as the town of West Springfield to grant 4 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises Massachusetts H 4287, An Act authorizing the city known as the town of West Springfield to grant 4 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic 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 2025-12-12 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4287-194 - 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 4287 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the city known as the town of West Springfield to grant 4 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-07-23 - Last action: 2025-12-12, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 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: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - West Springfield adds four to-go liquor licenses: benefit, medium. The law lets West Springfield grant four extra licenses to sell all alcoholic drinks to-go. The licenses go to Calabrese Market (54 Park Street), Delaney's Market (334 Park Street), KKK&P LLC d/b/a The Country Store (1022 Amostown Road), and Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe (68 North Boulevard). Each license… - Country Store surrenders wine-and-malt license: mixed, low. When KKK&P LLC (The Country Store, 1022 Amostown Road) gets its new all‑alcohol to‑go license, it must return its current wine‑and‑malt to‑go license to the town. The new license replaces the old one. - Licenses stay at the same address: mixed, low. These licenses cannot be moved to a different location. The town may give a license to a new applicant at the same address only with letters from the Department of Revenue and the Department of Unemployment Assistance showing good standing and that all taxes, fees, and contributions are paid. If a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Cosponsor: John C. Velis (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael J. Finn (Democratic), House ## Actions (14) - 2025-12-12: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-12-04: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-12-04: Enacted (House) - 2025-12-01: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-12-01: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-10-23: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-09-29: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-09-25: 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 H4155 (House) - 2025-07-23: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-12-12: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4287.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 88 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4287.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-H4287-194 (as of 2026-11-01).