STAND. COM. REP. NO. 809
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 904
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 904, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to require that caffeinated beer beverages sold in this State are labeled as intoxicating liquor and contain a warning that the potentially harmful effects of consuming a caffeinated beer beverage may amplify any harmful effects of consuming intoxicating liquor.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from MADD Hawaii, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, and one private individual.
Your Committee finds that the federal Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings that caffeinated alcoholic beverages are unsafe. Your Committee also finds that the inclusion of caffeine in intoxicating liquor may delay the apparent effects of the alcohol also contained in the beverage, leading to inadvertent overconsumption, particularly among the young and inexperienced consumers targeted by marketers of caffeinated beer beverages.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 904, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 904, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |