republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-546.md

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Bill	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.	Allows a class 18 small craft producer pub licensee to manufacture not more than 70,000 barrels of malt beverages on the licensee's premises during the license year. Clarifies that a class 14 brewpub licensee or class 18 small craft producer pub licensee may conduct certain activities at satellite locations other than the licensee's primary manufacturing premises under certain conditions. Clarifies the definition of "growler". (HB546 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 546	Hawaii HB 546 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Liquor Licenses Brewpubs Small Craft Producer Pubs Satellite Locations Retail Sales Intoxicating Liquors Containers Manufacturers	enacted	C. LEE DECOITE HASHIMOTO ICHIYAMA MCKELVEY San Buenaventura TAKUMI WILDBERGER WOODSON YAMASHITA	4	47	6	2019-01-18	2019-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/2b81878e-c989-4535-a6a0-591803737a9d	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=546&year=2019	efaf73ecdc07d1cb2f134cd845e35853d5ddf7b0b68e6e7042abba3c0b3fb658	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 546 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

Allows a class 18 small craft producer pub licensee to manufacture not more than 70,000 barrels of malt beverages on the licensee's premises during the license year. Clarifies that a class 14 brewpub licensee or class 18 small craft producer pub licensee may conduct certain activities at satellite locations other than the licensee's primary manufacturing premises under certain conditions. Clarifies the definition of "growler". (HB546 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB546 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB546_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB546_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB546_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. LEE — primary (person)
• DECOITE — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• San Buenaventura — primary (person)
• TAKUMI — primary (person)
• WILDBERGER — primary (person)
• WOODSON — primary (person)
• YAMASHITA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-22 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to EDB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 4 referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Wednesday, 01-30-19 10:00AM in House conference room 309.
• 2019-01-30 The committee(s) on EDB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-01-19 10:00AM.
• 2019-01-30 Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-01-19 10:00AM in conference room 309.
• 2019-02-01 The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Kitagawa, Eli, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Quinlan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-08 Reported from EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 235) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2019-02-08 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) Cabanilla Arakawa, Nakamura, Thielen excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-12-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2019-02-12 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 478) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-15 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
• 2019-02-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-26-19 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-26 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1108), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 194). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-03-13 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1877) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-04-04 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-04-04 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 754) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
• 2019-04-24 House Conferees Appointed: McKelvey, Takumi, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
• 2019-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday 04-26-19 1:30PM in conference room 229.
• 2019-04-25 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 864).
• 2019-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Takumi, Nishimoto, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-26 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) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 151) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 151).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-06-25 Act 115, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217). executive-signature
• 2019-06-25 Act 115, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b81878e-c989-4535-a6a0-591803737a9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).