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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 5471)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "194th"
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identifier: "H 5478"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 5478 (194th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas P. Walsh"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-06-04"
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last_action: "2026-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0059f90e-04ef-46f2-8af4-cc6e08687595"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5478"
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source_hash: "591214b3abdd89b5a5940fc51e51cde14cd55f7f635bdf7322e0c5cb94bc6d55"
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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 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
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Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 5471)
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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/194/H5478.pdf)
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## Votes
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- H. 5478 on adoption of amendment — **150–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Thomas P. Walsh — primary (person)
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- Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher J. Worrell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-06-04** Substituted for H5471
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- **2026-06-04** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
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- **2026-06-08** Read, rules suspended and read second `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **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`
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- **2026-06-08** Reprinted as amended, see S3115
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- **2026-06-08** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2026-06-08** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-06-08** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2026-06-08** House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see H5482
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- **2026-06-08** Rules suspended
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- **2026-06-08** Senate concurred in the further House amendment
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- **2026-06-08** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2026-06-08** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2026-06-08** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-06-08** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-06-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2026 `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/0059f90e-04ef-46f2-8af4-cc6e08687595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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