# Massachusetts H 5688: An Act authorizing the town of Wayland to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Massachusetts H 5688, An Act authorizing the town of Wayland to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages 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 in committee, last action 2026-10-13 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling) (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5688
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Wayland to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-10-13
- Last action: 2026-10-13, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- 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: 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: David Paul Linsky (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-08 | committee | Committee Redraft: Favorable, as Redraft | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (3)

- 2026-10-13: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-10-13: New draft of H5481 (House)
- 2026-10-13: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5688.pdf)

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- S 3139: An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to continue the employment of David O'Toole as deputy fire chief (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5688.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5688-194 (as of 2026-11-03).