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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO LIQUOR."
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description: "Eliminates the requirement that the applicant for a liquor license or renewal of a license, or in the case of transfer of a liquor license, both the transferor and the transferee, produce either a tax clearance certificate from the Internal Revenue Service or proof of entering into an installment plan agreement with the Internal Revenue Service. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2018 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 2945"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 2945 (2018 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Liquor", "Liquor License", "Tax Clearance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["ENGLISH", "KEITH-AGARAN", "Kim"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-24"
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last_action: "2018-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d542ad-e78e-412f-8105-0a26d2567b5d"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2945&year=2018"
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source_hash: "0464e8de0ba1d7ad1c044d21c85bb0d876604f8cd3ae8b7572a4ddf4829d785a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 2945 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LIQUOR.
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Eliminates the requirement that the applicant for a liquor license or renewal of a license, or in the case of transfer of a liquor license, both the transferor and the transferee, produce either a tax clearance certificate from the Internal Revenue Service or proof of entering into an installment plan agreement with the Internal Revenue Service. (CD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB2945** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2945_.HTM)
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2. **SB2945_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2945_CD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- ENGLISH — primary (person)
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- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
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- Kim — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
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- **2018-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-26** Referred to PSM, CPH. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Re-Referred to CPH.
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- **2018-02-16** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-22-18 9:30AM in conference room 229.
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- **2018-02-22** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-01** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2556) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-01** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
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- **2018-03-01** One Day Notice 03-02-18.
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- **2018-03-02** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Green). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2018-03-02** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 49). `introduction`
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- **2018-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 35 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-20-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
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- **2018-03-20** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, LoPresti, Say, Tokioka, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Johanson, Mizuno, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-22** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1309-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
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- **2018-03-22** 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 Representative(s) Fukumoto, Johanson, C. Lee, Souki, Todd excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-28-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
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- **2018-03-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1821-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2018-04-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Fukumoto, Holt, C. Lee, McKelvey excused (5). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2018-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 414). `introduction`
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- **2018-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
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- **2018-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 555).
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- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Takumi, Luke Co-Chairs; Cullen, McDermott.
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- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
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- **2018-04-19** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Nishihara.
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- **2018-04-19** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 802).
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- **2018-04-20** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 2:30PM in conference room 229.
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- **2018-04-23** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Luke, Cullen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
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- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 32-18).
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- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
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- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 32-18) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
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- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
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- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
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- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
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- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
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- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-06-13** Act 025, on 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125). `executive-signature`
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- **2018-06-13** Act 025, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125). `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d542ad-e78e-412f-8105-0a26d2567b5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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