Senate passes several local-authority measures, orders next meeting

Aug 27, 2026

In brief floor action the Senate passed bills authorizing additional liquor licenses in multiple towns, approved digital publication of legal notices for Dennis, concurred in a House amendment on license conversion, and adopted an order to reconvene Monday at 11 a.m.

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The Senate took up a series of largely noncontroversial, local-authority measures and passed them by voice vote. Measures recorded in the transcript include: an act allowing the town of Dennis to publish legal notices digitally (Senate 3098), an act authorizing an additional liquor license for the town of Weston (House/House number given in readings), and a House-origin bill concerning conversion of a Tossfield license to a full all-alcohol license (Senate 2526) that the Senate concurred in after the rules were suspended.

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