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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES."
+description: "Exempts the notarization requirement for renewals of liquor licenses. (SD1)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 159"
+citation: "Hawaii HB 159 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elimination of Notarization Requirement", "Liquor Licenses", "Renewal of License"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["TODD"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-17"
+last_action: "2024-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2139e7e6-f7ca-4c9c-866b-98fad0a0a567"
+source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=159&year=2024"
+source_hash: "470e04b3ee79b862e2949e1315161d96c3646593cf615aa2fade7153419906cb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
+---
+
+# Hawaii HB 159 (2024) — RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
+
+Exempts the notarization requirement for renewals of liquor licenses. (SD1)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB159_.HTM)
+2. **HB159_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB159_HD1_.HTM)
+3. **HB159_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB159_SD1_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- TODD — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-24** Act 058, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). `became-law`
+- **2024-06-24** Act 058, on 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). `became-law`
+- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor.
+- **2024-04-22** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). `receipt`
+- **2024-04-19** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused (2). `passage`
+- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
+- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 769). `receipt`
+- **2024-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-11-24.
+- **2024-03-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 454). `receipt`
+- **2024-03-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-03-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 339) in amended form (SD 1).
+- **2024-03-08** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 5 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Ihara, Keohokalole, Kidani, Lee). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** One Day Notice 03-08-24.
+- **2024-03-07** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3061) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
+- **2024-02-13** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-08** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
+- **2023-12-11** Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. `carried-over`
+- **2023-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-24** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1366) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
+- **2023-03-15** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
+- **2023-03-09** Referred to CPN, JDC. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 135). `introduction, receipt`
+- **2023-03-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2023-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 995), recommending passage on Third Reading.
+- **2023-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-27-23 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2023-02-15** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 486) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
+- **2023-02-09** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-09-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2023-01-25** Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-17** Prefiled.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2139e7e6-f7ca-4c9c-866b-98fad0a0a567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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