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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Watertown to grant 15 additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises"
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description: "By Messrs. Hecht of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4241) of Jonathan Hecht, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the town council) that the city known as the town of Watertown be authorized to grant fifteen additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "191st"
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identifier: "H 4241"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4241 (191st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-12-05"
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last_action: "2020-03-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53abe790-fb36-4168-8ea4-60663b148d47"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4241"
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source_hash: "9339b615b87d74cba86d1e5fa345e65937065777ddbcd05dffb098e36c7b392e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 4241 (191st) — An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Watertown to grant 15 additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
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By Messrs. Hecht of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4241) of Jonathan Hecht, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the town council) that the city known as the town of Watertown be authorized to grant fifteen additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4241.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Hecht — cosponsor (person)
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- William N. Brownsberger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-05** Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
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- **2019-12-10** Senate concurred
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- **2019-12-12** Hearing scheduled for 12/23/2019 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
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- **2020-01-30** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2020-02-05** Rules suspended
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- **2020-02-05** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-20** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2020-03-16** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2020-03-16** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2020-03-18** Enacted `passage`
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- **2020-03-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2020-03-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2020 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53abe790-fb36-4168-8ea4-60663b148d47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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