MassachusettsH 5548194th General Court (2025-2026)House

An Act authorizing the town of Weston to grant an additional license for sale of all alcoholic beverages 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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Weston restaurant alcohol license with location limits

The law lets Weston grant one extra license to Weston Breakfast, LLC, at 31 Center Street. It covers all alcoholic drinks consumed on-site. Use is limited to the restaurant’s dining room and other public rooms or areas the town approves in writing. The license cannot move to another address. A new applicant at the same address must file letters from the state revenue and unemployment assistance departments. These must show the license is in good standing and all required taxes, fees, and contributions are paid. The license and its rights and restrictions must return to the town if the holder ends it or fails to renew. Return is also required if the license is cancelled, revoked, or no longer used. The town has three years after return to grant it to a new applicant at that address; otherwise, it ends. The law took effect upon passage, and the first license must be issued within two years of that date. A license first issued within that deadline can go to a new applicant afterward under these same rules. State alcohol-license rules in chapter 138 apply, except section 17.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

  • Alice Hanlon Peisch

    Democratic • House

  • Michael J. Barrett

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 11 • No: 0

committee vote • 6/26/2026

Committee Redraft: Favorable, as Redraft

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 203 of the Acts of 2026

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

    8/31/2026Senate
  3. Enacted

    8/31/2026House
  4. Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

    8/27/2026Senate
  5. Taken out of the Orders of the Day

    8/27/2026Senate
  6. Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

    7/27/2026Senate
  7. Read third and passed to be engrossed

    7/23/2026House
  8. Read second and ordered to a third reading

    7/9/2026House
  9. Rules suspended

    7/9/2026House
  10. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

    7/9/2026House
  11. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    7/6/2026House
  12. New draft of H5461

    7/6/2026House
  13. Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

    7/6/2026House

Bill Text

  • Chapter 203 of the Acts of 2026

    9/4/2026

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