republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/192nd/s-2788.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises	Senate, March 17, 2022 -- The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2500) of Marc R. Pacheco and Norman J. Orrall (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Berkley to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises, reports the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2788).	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	192nd	S 2788	Massachusetts S 2788 (192nd)	bill		enacted	Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure	1	13	0	2022-03-17	2022-06-21	openstates	ocd-bill/342c6d1f-74b5-46e5-828e-2ef01a5a647e	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2788	93c408dff6a14c68ab28dd4ccddfd32614ce0ddec3081d909cb79acbf4a696da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts S 2788 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Senate, March 17, 2022 -- The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2500) of Marc R. Pacheco and Norman J. Orrall (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Berkley to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises, reports the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2788).

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure — primary (person)
• Marc R. Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
• Norman J. Orrall — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-03-17 Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
• 2022-03-17 New draft of S2500
• 2022-03-17 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-31 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2022-03-31 Rules suspended
• 2022-03-31 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2022-04-04 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
• 2022-05-17 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
• 2022-05-25 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2022-06-09 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2022-06-13 Enacted passage
• 2022-06-13 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2022-06-21 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 91 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/342c6d1f-74b5-46e5-828e-2ef01a5a647e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).