STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1495-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 3062

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committees on Higher Education and Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 3062, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize state libraries and the University of Hawaii and its campuses to utilize liquor in certain educational settings, under certain conditions, without obtaining a liquor license.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaiʻi System and Hawaiʻi State Public Library System.

Your Committees find that experiential learning and hands-on training are essential to prepare students for careers in culinary arts, hospitality, fermentation sciences, and other related fields, which may occasionally involve cooking with or serving alcohol. Your Committees further find that by incorporating liquor into appropriate educational settings may be helpful for enhancing student learning, skill development, and industry-relevant training.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Adding fermentation sciences as an eligible field of study under the limited liquor license exemption;

(2) Clarifying that county liquor commission-approved server training and test must be completed prior to serving or selling alcohol; and

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3062, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3062, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Education,

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair

____________________________ ANDREW TAKUYA GARRETT, Chair