# Massachusetts H 5099: An Act authorizing the town of Raynham to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises Massachusetts H 5099, An Act authorizing the town of Raynham to grant an additional license 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 2026-09-16 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 215 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5099-194 - 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 5099 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the town of Raynham to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-12 - Last action: 2026-09-16, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 215 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: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New all-alcohol license for Raynham store: benefit, medium. Raynham can issue one new all-alcohol retail license to V.B. Gas, Inc. d/b/a Save More Gas and Convenience at 1348 New State Highway (U.S. Route 44). Sales are for take-home only, not for drinking on site. The license follows state alcohol rules and is allowed even if the usual town quota is full.… - Rules to keep license at same address: cost, low. The license cannot be moved to a different location. The town may grant it 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 the license… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - Cosponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kelly A. Dooner (Republican), Senate ## Actions (14) - 2026-09-16: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 215 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-09-10: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-09-10: Enacted (House) - 2026-09-08: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-09-08: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2026-06-18: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2026-06-04: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2026-06-01: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-03-16: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-03-16: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-03-16: 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 H4877 (House) - 2026-02-12: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 215 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-09-16: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5099.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 215 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5099.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-H5099-194 (as of 2026-11-01).