STAND. COM. REP. NO. 825

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 910

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 910 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to restrict the sale of liquor under temporary liquor licenses to confined and demarcated spaces not located on public streets, roads, sidewalks, or pedestrian walkways.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Chinatown Business and Community Association and one individual.

Your Committees find that outdoor events on public streets and spaces are beneficial for residents, businesses, and communities. However, the consumption of alcohol on public streets and sidewalks has led to excessive noise, parking issues, and other related problems for businesses, residents, transportation services, and law enforcement. Thus, this measure ensures the service and consumption of alcohol at events is limited to certain non-public areas.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 910, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 910, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary,

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

________________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair