MassachusettsH 5451194th General Court (2025-2026)House

An Act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

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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Marion shop gains license option with limits

Marion can grant C & J Sull LLC, doing business as J. Sull Wine, an additional take-away alcohol license. It covers all alcoholic beverages at 119 Wareham Road, Unit 105, for drinking elsewhere. The initial license must be issued within one year after the law takes effect. The business must physically return its existing take-away wine-and-malt-beverages license when the new license is issued. The new license cannot move to another location. Marion can grant it to a replacement applicant at the same address. That applicant must provide letters from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and Department of Unemployment Assistance. These must confirm the license is in good standing and all applicable taxes, fees, and contributions are paid. If the license ends, is not renewed, is canceled or revoked, or goes unused, it must be physically returned. Marion then has three years to reissue it at the same address under the same conditions; otherwise, it dissolves. Replacement licenses can be granted after the initial one-year deadline if the original license was issued on time. Other state alcohol-license rules apply, except General Laws chapter 138, section 17.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

  • Kelly A. Dooner

    Republican • Senate

  • Mark D. Sylvia

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 11 • No: 0

committee vote • 5/21/2026

Committee Redraft: Favorable, as Redraft

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 202 of the Acts of 2026

    9/4/2026
  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor

    9/3/2026Senate
  3. Enacted

    9/3/2026House
  4. Read third and passed to be engrossed

    8/31/2026Senate
  5. Taken out of the Orders of the Day

    8/31/2026Senate
  6. Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

    8/4/2026Senate
  7. Read third and passed to be engrossed

    7/29/2026House
  8. Rules suspended

    7/29/2026House
  9. Read second and ordered to a third reading

    6/15/2026House
  10. Rules suspended

    6/15/2026House
  11. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

    6/15/2026House
  12. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    5/26/2026House
  13. New draft of H5378

    5/26/2026House
  14. Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

    5/26/2026House

Bill Text

  • Chapter 202 of the Acts of 2026

    9/4/2026

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