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Somerville committee recommends allowing wine-and-malt license holders to convert to all-forms licenses

5737329 · September 9, 2025
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The Legislative Matters Committee voted to recommend that Somerville opt into M.G.L. Chapter 138, Section 12D, allowing wine-and-malt license holders to apply to convert to nontransferable all-forms (full alcohol) licenses.

The Legislative Matters Committee voted to recommend adoption of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 138, Section 12D, a state option that allows municipalities to permit current wine-and-malt (beer and wine) license holders to convert to a nontransferable all-forms (full alcohol) license.

City Clerk Kim Wells and the licensing operations manager presented the measure, which the local Licensing Commission had unanimously recommended to the Council. "This is an item that the state legislature has made…

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