---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES."
description: "Requires the county liquor commissions to reduce submission requirements for the issuance of temporary licenses for the sale of liquor for a period not to exceed one day for fundraising events by nonprofit organizations. Permits nonprofit organizations that have been issued a temporary liquor license for a fundraising event the ability to auction off, at a live or silent auction, liquor in sealed or covered containers or services that provide liquor. Defines \"nonprofit corporation\" to mean charitable 501(c)(3) organizations. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2414"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2414 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Liquor Commissions", "Temporary Liquor Licenses", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Fundraising Events"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "BROWER", "C. LEE", "CULLEN", "DECOITE", "FUKUMOTO", "HASHEM", "ICHIYAMA", "ITO", "KONG", "LUKE", "MCKELVEY", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "NISHIMOTO", "SAY", "San Buenaventura", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKUMI", "TOKIOKA", "WOODSON", "YAMANE", "YAMASHITA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8671f792-0149-4480-acfc-d0b2d9172836"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2414&year=2018"
source_hash: "74c30b4f93d5a51f20857dfd2c7a0337dbd8183f8292493be7c71ea0b699f7ce"
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 2414 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

Requires the county liquor commissions to reduce submission requirements for the issuance of temporary licenses for the sale of liquor for a period not to exceed one day for fundraising events by nonprofit organizations. Permits nonprofit organizations that have been issued a temporary liquor license for a fundraising event the ability to auction off, at a live or silent auction, liquor in sealed or covered containers or services that provide liquor. Defines "nonprofit corporation" to mean charitable 501(c)(3) organizations. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB2414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2414_.HTM)
2. **HB2414_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2414_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2414_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2414_HD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **3–0** (fail) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- BROWER — primary (person)
- C. LEE — primary (person)
- CULLEN — primary (person)
- DECOITE — primary (person)
- FUKUMOTO — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- ITO — primary (person)
- KONG — primary (person)
- LUKE — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- SAY — primary (person)
- San Buenaventura — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKUMI — primary (person)
- TOKIOKA — primary (person)
- WOODSON — primary (person)
- YAMANE — primary (person)
- YAMASHITA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to CPC, JUD, referral sheet 9 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Friday, 02-02-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-02-02** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Say, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Mizuno, Yamane, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 139-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2018-02-08** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-22-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-02-22** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, C. Lee, Morikawa, Takayama, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1061-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-06-18.
- **2018-03-06** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 338). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to CPH/JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** The committee(s) on CPH/JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 04-03-18 9:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-04-03** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda, Nishihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from CPH/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3558) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 727) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-12** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Takumi, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Todd, McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Taniguchi Co-Chair; Ruderman.
- **2018-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 793).
- **2018-04-19** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 2:00PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-23** House Conferees Added: Representative Hashimoto added as Conferee.
- **2018-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-24-18 2:15PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-24** Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 662).
- **2018-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 10:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-25** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Nishimoto, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashimoto, McDermott.
- **2018-04-26** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-12-18.
- **2018-04-27** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 684).
- **2018-04-27** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-04-27** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Thielen, Tupola excused (3).
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 696).
- **2018-04-30** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-07-05** Act 092, on 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1193). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-05** Act 092, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1193). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8671f792-0149-4480-acfc-d0b2d9172836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).