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Hawaii 2026

HB 939

RELATING TO ALCOHOL.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Alcohol, Definition, Liquor Tax Law, Low Alcohol by Volume Spirits Beverage, Rate
Introduced / first action
2025-01-21 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Defines "low alcohol by volume spirits beverage". Establishes a tax on low alcohol by volume spirits beverages at a rate of $0.93 per wine gallon. Increases small craft producer production limits. Sunsets 12/31/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Pierick.

  2. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 817).

    receipt

  3. Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  4. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  6. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  7. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  8. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:50 PM; Conference Room 224.

  9. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:30 PM; Conference Room 224.

  10. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 2:30PM in conference room 224.

  11. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 2:30PM in conference room 224.

  12. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 2:30PM in conference room 224.

  13. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755).

    receipt

  14. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-22-25 2:30PM in conference room 224.

  15. House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Pierick.

  16. Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; McKelvey, Richards, Fevella.

  17. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 828).

    receipt

  18. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  19. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  20. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  21. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 691) in amended form (SD 2).

  22. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1746) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  23. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  24. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  26. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1338) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  28. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  30. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 131).

    introduction, receipt

  31. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  32. Referred to CPN, WAM.

    referral-committee

  33. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 931), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  34. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  35. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M., Alcos, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 421) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  38. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  39. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Lowen.

    committee-passage-favorable

  40. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-04-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  41. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  42. Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3

    referral-committee

  43. Pending introduction.

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