MassachusettsH 4657194th General Court (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act authorizing the town of Scituate to issue four additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Sponsored By: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Signed by Governor

Consumer Protection and Professional LicensureHouse Steering, Policy and SchedulingSenate RulesBills in the Third Reading

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

More year-round alcohol licenses in Scituate

The law converts two seasonal on-premises licenses to annual licenses for Salt Marsh Winery at 17 New Driftway and Split Rock Scituate at 360 Gannett Road. It also authorizes two new annual licenses to sell all alcoholic beverages for on-premises drinking. Applicants for the two new licenses must be in one of the town’s three economic development zones and get approval from the local licensing authority.

Use and timing rules for Scituate licenses

Licenses under this law must follow Massachusetts chapter 138 rules; section 17 does not apply. The two new licenses are limited to the Harbor Business District, Greenbush Driftway Gateway District, or North Scituate Village, and each license must show the district name. Service is allowed in the dining room of a common victualler and in other public areas only with written approval from the licensing authority. All licenses allowed by this law must be issued within three years after passage.

Scituate license transfer and reissue rules

The converted licenses for the two named sites cannot move to a new address. The town may reassign them at the same address only after the new applicant files good-standing letters from the Department of Revenue and the Department of Unemployment Assistance. A clause (iii) license cannot move outside its original zoned area; reassignment within that area needs the same letters. If a converted license ends or is unused, it must be returned. The town can reissue it at the same location within three years, or the license dissolves. If a clause (iii) license ends, it must be returned; the town may reissue it only to a business in the Harbor Business District.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

Maura T. Healey
Affiliation unavailable

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 7 • No: 0

committee vote • 12/19/2025

Committee Place in OD: Placed in the Orders of the Day