HB 137 Hawaii House · 2021 Regular Session

RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Summary

Provides that violations of liquor tax law shall be referred to the director of taxation for investigation. Repeals the general right of inspection without a warrant for potential violations of liquor tax law. Repeals the discretionary power of the liquor commission to deny a license to any person the commission finds is not fit and proper to hold a license. Requires applications for liquor licenses to be notarized. Provides the administrator of the liquor commission discretion over whether to refer applications for investigation. Repeals the requirement that investigative reports to the liquor commission include any and all matters that are relevant to the application or license in the judgment of the investigator. Effective 1/5/2022. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Mar 2021

House Passage

Mar 2021

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2021 Last action Mar 25, 2021

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 25, 2021

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.

upper

Mar 25, 2021

Committee

Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1165) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

upper

Mar 23, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, Misalucha, Nishihara, Riviere, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 19, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-21 10:00AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 9, 2021

Committee

Referred to CPN, JDC/WAM.

upper

Mar 5, 2021

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 34).

upper

Mar 4, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 25, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, McDermott.

lower

Feb 19, 2021

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 632) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 17, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Hashem, Kong, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Har.

lower

Jan 27, 2021

Committee

Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 22, 2021

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2021

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors