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MassachusettsH 5098194th General Court (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act authorizing the city of Salem to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises upon the return of the license authorized in chapter 67 of the acts of 2008

Sponsored By: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Signed by Governor

Consumer Protection and Professional LicensureHouse Steering, Policy and Scheduling

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Gulu-Gulu Cafe can sell all alcohol

Salem can issue one new all-alcohol, on-site drinking license to Gulu-Gulu Cafe at 247 Essex Street. The license is for the cafe’s dining room and any other rooms the licensing board puts in writing. It cannot move to another address. A new owner at the same address can apply only with letters from the Department of Revenue and the Department of Unemployment Assistance showing all taxes, fees, and contributions are paid. The license must be issued within one year after the law takes effect. If the license is returned, revoked, or not renewed, the city can reissue it at the same location within three years; otherwise it dissolves.

Costs to convert to all-alcohol license

The city of Salem can charge a one-time fee to convert to the new all-alcohol license. The current license holder must pay on the law’s effective date unless the city agrees to a payment plan. If the city offers payment plans, it must offer them, on request, to all qualified applicants. Any part of the fee above a normal annual renewal goes into Salem’s economic development account. When the new license is issued, the holder must return its older wine and malt and cordial and liqueur licenses.

2008 Salem liquor law ends in 2027

The law repeals chapter 67 of the acts of 2008 on January 1, 2027. That change removes the older local licensing law. If you hold a license under that chapter, its legal basis changes starting that date.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

  • Joan B. Lovely

    Democratic • Senate

  • Manny Cruz

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2026

    7/14/2026

  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor

    7/9/2026Senate

  3. Enacted

    7/8/2026House

  4. Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

    7/6/2026Senate

  5. Taken out of the Orders of the Day

    7/6/2026Senate

  6. Read second and ordered to a third reading

    5/7/2026Senate

  7. Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

    4/13/2026Senate

  8. Read third and passed to be engrossed

    4/9/2026House

  9. Read second and ordered to a third reading

    3/9/2026House

  10. Rules suspended

    3/9/2026House

  11. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

    3/9/2026House

  12. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    2/12/2026House

  13. New draft of H4662

    2/12/2026House

  14. Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

    2/12/2026House

Bill Text

  • Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2026

    7/14/2026

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