# Massachusetts H 4657: 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 Massachusetts H 4657, 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, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; status signed, last action 2026-01-12 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4657-194 - 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 4657 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: 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 - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-10-29 - Last action: 2026-01-12, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Senate Rules, Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 1 (7 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More year-round alcohol licenses in Scituate: benefit, medium. 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 b… - Use and timing rules for Scituate licenses: cost, low. 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 d… - Scituate license transfer and reissue rules: mixed, low. 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 outsi… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Cosponsor: Maura T. Healey ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-12-19 | committee | Committee Place in OD: Placed in the Orders of the Day | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (16) - 2026-01-12: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2025 - 2026-01-05: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-01-05: Enacted (House) - 2025-12-31: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2025-12-24: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2025-12-22: Read second, amended (O'Connor), ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-12-22: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-12-22: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-12-08: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate) - 2025-12-04: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-11-06: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-11-06: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-11-06: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-10-29: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-10-29: New draft of H4184 (House) - 2025-10-29: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2025, 2026-01-12: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4657.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed) - 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) ## Sources - [Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4657.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194) - [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) - [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-H4657-194 (as of 2026-11-01).