STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1252-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2710

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2710, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to permit brewpub and small craft producer pub licensees to allow minors, who are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian of legal drinking age, on the licensee's premises until 10 p.m.

Maui Brewing Co., Kauai Beer Company, REAL a gastropub/Bent Tail Brewing Company, Honolulu BeerWorks, Kaua‘i Island Brewing Company, Beer Lab HI, Hawaiian Craft Brewers Guild, Big Island Brewhaus, Waikiki Brewing Company, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and Kohola Brewery testified in support of this measure. The Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu testified in opposition.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the time restriction for when a minor may be on a licensee's premises, if the minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian of legal drinking age; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2710, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2710, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair