# Massachusetts H 5546: An Act authorizing the town of Southborough to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Massachusetts H 5546, An Act authorizing the town of Southborough 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 2026-10-01 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 227 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5546
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Southborough to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-07-06
- Last action: 2026-10-01, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 227 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: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Extra Costco liquor license in Southborough: mixed, low. The law took effect upon passage. Southborough can grant Costco Atlantic Liquors, Inc., doing business as Costco Liquors, one extra license at 21 Coslin Drive. It allows sales of all alcoholic beverages for drinking away from the store. Massachusetts General Laws chapter 138 applies, except section…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kate Donaghue (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-26 | committee | Committee Redraft: Favorable, as Redraft | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-10-01: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 227 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-09-24: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-09-24: Enacted (House)
- 2026-09-21: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-09-21: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-07-23: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-07-22: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-07-22: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-07-09: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-07-09: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-07-09: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-07-06: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-07-06: New draft of H5425 (House)
- 2026-07-06: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 227 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-10-01: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5546.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [Chapter 227 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5546.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)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5546-194 (as of 2026-11-01).