H 295 Massachusetts House · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act relative to permanent alcoholic beverage takeout​​

This bill makes permanent the ability for Massachusetts establishments to sell alcoholic beverages for takeout, removing the temporary restrictions that were originally put in place during the pandemic. It achieves this by deleting specific language from existing laws that limited these sales to the period of the state of emergency and a set end date. The changes directly affect restaurants, bars, and other licensed venues by allowing them to continue offering off-premises alcohol sales without needing to wait for a new emergency declaration.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023 Last action Apr 1, 2024
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Paul Frost
RRepublican
MA
7th Worcester