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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

H 5306: An Act to ensure alcoholic beverages licensing economic opportunity and geographic equity

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 5306 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on March 30, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act to ensure alcoholic beverages licensing economic opportunity and geographic equity. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 23, 2026): Read second and ordered to a third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional LicensurePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Paul McMurtryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Norfolk

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  2. Rules suspended
  3. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  4. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  5. New draft of H4597
  6. Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source