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Bill An Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated districts in summer 2026 Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 5471) us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 5478 Massachusetts H 5478 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 5478 (194th) — An Act authorizing municipalities to opt-in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated districts in summer 2026

Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 5471)

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • H. 5478 on adoption of amendment — 1500 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Thomas P. Walsh — primary (person)
  • Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
  • Christopher J. Worrell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-06-04 Substituted for H5471
  • 2026-06-04 Passed to be engrossed passage
  • 2026-06-08 Read, rules suspended and read second reading-1, reading-2
  • 2026-06-08 Amended (Cyr) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3114, as amended amendment-passage
  • 2026-06-08 Reprinted as amended, see S3115
  • 2026-06-08 Ordered to a third reading
  • 2026-06-08 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-06-08 Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading referral-committee
  • 2026-06-08 House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see H5482
  • 2026-06-08 Rules suspended
  • 2026-06-08 Senate concurred in the further House amendment
  • 2026-06-08 Emergency preamble adopted
  • 2026-06-08 Emergency preamble adopted
  • 2026-06-08 Enacted passage
  • 2026-06-08 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-06-08 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0059f90e-04ef-46f2-8af4-cc6e08687595. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).