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

H 5347: An Act authorizing the town of Bourne to grant an additional license for the sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

Enacted 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 5347 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on April 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act authorizing the town of Bourne to grant an additional license for the sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 1, 2026): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 226 of the Acts of 2026.

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 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional LicensurePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Dylan FernandesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenatePlymouth and Barnstable
Dave VieiraCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3rd Barnstable
Steve XiarhosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5th Barnstable

“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. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 226 of the Acts of 2026
  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor
  3. Enacted
  4. Read third and passed to be engrossed
  5. Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  6. Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
  7. Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
  8. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  9. Rules suspended
  10. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  11. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  12. New draft of H5084

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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