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Massachusetts General Court · H4815 · Signed by the Governor, Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2026

An Act authorizing the select board of the town of Arlington to place upon a town ballot a question to increase the number of licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

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Officially: “An Act authorizing the select board of the town of Arlington to place upon a town ballot a question to increase the number of licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises Read the full text

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194th General Court

Where it is

Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure · Dec 8, 2025

House

New draft of H4473 · Dec 8, 2025

House

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling · Dec 8, 2025

House

Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting · Dec 24, 2025

House

Rules suspended · Dec 24, 2025

House

Read second and ordered to a third reading · Dec 24, 2025

House

Read third and passed to be engrossed · Jan 12, 2026

House

Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session · Jan 15, 2026

Senate

Read second and ordered to a third reading · Feb 12, 2026

Senate

Taken out of the Orders of the Day · Feb 17, 2026

Senate

Read third and passed to be engrossed · Feb 17, 2026

Senate

Enacted · Feb 17, 2026

House

Enacted and laid before the Governor · Feb 17, 2026

Senate

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2026 · Feb 19, 2026

Executive

The numbers

4
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional LicensureSean GarballeyCindy F. FriedmanDavid M. Rogers
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2026 (Feb 19, 2026).