Bill Text: HI SB2331 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Alcohol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-18 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Branco, Ilagan, McKelvey, Ohno excused (4). [SB2331 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2331-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ALCOHOL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 244D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "beer" to read as follows:
""Beer"
means any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by
volume obtained by the fermentation or any infusion or decoction of [barley,]
malt, [hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in
water, and] wholly or in part, or any substitute therefor, including grain
of any kind, bran, glucose, sugar, or molasses. "Beer" includes ale, porter,
brown, stout, lager beer, small beer, [and] strong beer [but],
and alcoholic seltzer beverages. "Beer"
does not include sake, known as Japanese rice wine, [or] cooler beverage[.],
or any products of distillation, by whatever name known, that contain distilled
spirits, alcoholic spirits, or spirits."
SECTION 2. Section 281-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending the definition of "beer" to read as follows:
""Beer" means any alcoholic
beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume obtained
by the [alcoholic] fermentation of any infusion or decoction of [barley
or other grain,] malt, [and hops in water.] wholly or in part, or
any substitute therefor, including grain of any kind, bran, glucose, sugar, or molasses.
"Beer" includes ale, porter, brown, stout, lager beer, small
beer, strong beer, and alcoholic seltzer beverages. "Beer" does not include sake, known
as Japanese rice wine, cooler beverage, or any products of distillation, by whatever
name known, that contain distilled spirits, alcoholic spirits, or spirits."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on October 18, 2050.
Report Title:
Alcohol; Beer; Liquor Tax; Liquor Law; Definition
Description:
Expands the definition of "beer" under the State's liquor tax and liquor regulatory laws, to specify that the term includes an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 per cent and alcohol seltzer beverages, but excludes certain other forms of distillation. Effective 10/18/2050. (HD1)
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