CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 13

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 772

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 772, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Repeal the requirement that there be attached a clear and legible notice, placard, or marker of certain information upon the faucet, spigot, or outlet from which draft beer is drawn; and

(2) Require rules adopted by the counties related to stacking of beer to define stacking beer on a total volume basis not to exceed twenty-four ounces before a customer at any one time.

Your Committee on Conference finds that restricting the sale of beer unless it is dispensed from a spigot with an individual tap handle showing the manufacturer's name or brand that is visible within ten feet of the spigot is an antiquated requirement that is costly and burdensome for small, independent craft breweries. Modern technologies and other simpler display methods allow small craft breweries to provide significantly more information to consumers than what is on a tap handle. This measure therefore repeals the tap handle requirement and allows beer taps to be identified via other means and reduces the burden on owners of businesses serving craft beer.

Your Committee on Conference further finds that stacking rules, or the amount of alcoholic beverages that can be in front of a single customer at any one time, are not uniform amongst the counties. This measure defines and standardizes stacking of beer based on total volume, rather than the number of drinks that can be served to a customer at one time.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the maximum standard serving size of beer that may be before a customer at any one time from twenty-four ounces to thirty-two ounces;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2019; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 772, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 772, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Chair
____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair