# Massachusetts H 5342: An Act authorizing the town of Bridgewater to issue an additional license for the sale of all alcohol beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Massachusetts H 5342, An Act authorizing the town of Bridgewater to issue an additional license for the sale of all alcohol 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 2026-07-14 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 138 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5342
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Bridgewater to issue an additional license for the sale of all alcohol beverages not to be drunk on the premises
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-04-09
- Last action: 2026-07-14, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 138 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- One new all-alcohol store license in Bridgewater: mixed, medium. The law lets Bridgewater issue one additional license to sell all alcohol to-go at 233 Broad Street for KOTAK LLC, Pages III Beer and Wine. The town must issue the license within two years of this law’s passage. The license stays at that address and cannot be moved. A new applicant at the same addr…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-03 | committee | Committee Redraft: Favorable, as Redraft | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-07-14: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 138 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)
- 2026-06-18: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-06-01: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-05-28: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-04-21: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-04-21: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-04-21: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-04-09: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-04-09: New draft of H4748 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 138 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-07-14: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5342.pdf)

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- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
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- 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 138 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5342.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5342-194 (as of 2026-11-01).