# Massachusetts H 5346: An Act authorizing the City of Westfield to convert a seasonal license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises to an annual license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises

Massachusetts H 5346, An Act authorizing the City of Westfield to convert a seasonal license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises to an annual license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; status passed senate, last action 2026-09-17 (Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5346
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the City of Westfield to convert a seasonal license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises to an annual license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off premises
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-04-09
- Last action: 2026-09-17, Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Bills in the Third Reading
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsor: Kelly W. Pease (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

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

## Actions (13)

- 2026-09-17: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House)
- 2026-09-14: Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-09-14: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-08-24: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-08-24: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-07-27: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-07-23: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-05-07: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-05-07: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-05-07: 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 H5083 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-09-14: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5346.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
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5346.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5346-194 (as of 2026-11-01).