STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1655
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: S.B. No. 100
S.D. 2
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 100, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
Your Committee finds that there are nonprofit organizations that serve alcohol at their venues that host and promote a variety of events, including cultural and artistic events. As such, those nonprofit organizations are required to be holders of liquor licenses.
However, your Committee further finds that under the existing rules of certain liquor commissions, the officers and board members of those nonprofit organizations are subject to fingerprinting requirements. This process has been considered demeaning and has discouraged candidates from serving as officers and board members of those nonprofit organizations. This measure eliminates the burdensome requirement for leaders of nonprofit organizations to undergo fingerprinting for liquor licenses.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 100, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair |
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