# Massachusetts H 5098: 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 Massachusetts H 5098, 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, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; status signed, last action 2026-07-14 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5098-194 - 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 5098 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: 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 - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-12 - Last action: 2026-07-14, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2026 - 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 - Costs to convert to all-alcohol license: cost, low. 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… - Gulu-Gulu Cafe can sell all alcohol: mixed, medium. 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… - 2008 Salem liquor law ends in 2027: mixed, low. 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 and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Cosponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House ## Actions (14) - 2026-07-14: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-07-09: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-07-08: Enacted (House) - 2026-07-06: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-07-06: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2026-04-13: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-03-09: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-03-09: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-03-09: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2026-02-12: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2026-02-12: New draft of H4662 (House) - 2026-02-12: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-07-14: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5098.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 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 141 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5098.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 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-H5098-194 (as of 2026-11-01).