{"AmendmentNumber":"441","ParentBillNumber":"S3178","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"LME0","Name":"Lydia Edwards","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/LME0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-23T23:18:22.897"},"Category":null,"Action":"Adopted","RollCall":[],"Title":"MassPort Liquor License","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":1,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Edwards moves that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 119 the following section:-\r\n“SECTION 119A. Said chapter 138 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 12D the following new section:\r\nSection 12E. (a) Notwithstanding section 12 or any general or special law to the contrary, the holder of a restricted airport license, as defined in section 17, may, subject to the approval of the Massachusetts Port Authority, sell alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises at any time that the airport is open for operations.\r\n(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Massachusetts Port Authority may designate 1 or more areas within a passenger terminal, as defined in section 17, in which alcoholic beverages sold by a licensee may be consumed off the licensed premises; provided, however, that the Massachusetts Port Authority shall immediately notify the commission of any area so designated. A licensee operating within the approved area may, subject to the approval of the Massachusetts Port Authority, sell alcoholic beverages for consumption off the licensed premises; provided, however, that alcoholic beverages sold pursuant to this subsection shall not be carried or consumed outside of the designated area.\r\n(c) This section shall not be construed to permit a licensed establishment to sell any type or category of alcohol beyond the type or category of alcohol that the licensed establishment is permitted to sell under the license issued to it by the local licensing authority pursuant to this chapter.”\r\n"}