Files
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

7.1 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill RELATING TO LIQUOR. Adds unlicensed sale of liquor and unlicensed manufacture of liquor as offenses for which property is subject to forfeiture and increases the grade of the offense of unlicensed sale of liquor to a class C felony. Amends definitions of "organized crime" and "racketeering activity" to include the unlicensed sale of liquor. (SD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session SB 638 Hawaii SB 638 (2019 Regular Session)
bill
Unlicensed Manufacture or Sale of Liquor
Penalty
Organized Crime
Racketeering Activity
enacted
Dela Cruz
Ihara
Inouye
Kanuha
Kidani
Kim
MORIWAKI
Riviere
S. Chang
1 32 4 2019-01-18 2019-04-24 openstates ocd-bill/482bfcab-ec1b-4041-a14d-84f86908146d http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=638&year=2019 0fa62669319d85b064408a5e82031198ff78dc741558f20daadbc218d773ae5e 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-hi

Hawaii SB 638 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Adds unlicensed sale of liquor and unlicensed manufacture of liquor as offenses for which property is subject to forfeiture and increases the grade of the offense of unlicensed sale of liquor to a class C felony. Amends definitions of "organized crime" and "racketeering activity" to include the unlicensed sale of liquor. (SD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB638 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dela Cruz — primary (person)
  • Ihara — primary (person)
  • Inouye — primary (person)
  • Kanuha — primary (person)
  • Kidani — primary (person)
  • Kim — primary (person)
  • MORIWAKI — primary (person)
  • Riviere — primary (person)
  • S. Chang — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
  • 2019-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-01-24 Referred to PSM/CPH, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2019-02-01 Re-Referred to CPH, JDC.
  • 2019-02-05 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-08-19 10:00AM in conference room 229.
  • 2019-02-08 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-14 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 380) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
  • 2019-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
  • 2019-02-15 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-22-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
  • 2019-02-22 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) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 811) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-02-28 One Day Notice 03-01-19.
  • 2019-03-01 Deferred until 03-05-19.
  • 2019-03-05 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 200) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
  • 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2019-03-07 Referred to JUD, CPC, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2019-03-12 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 03-14-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
  • 2019-03-14 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-15-19 at 2:00pm.
  • 2019-03-14 Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-15-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2019-03-15 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Say. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-20 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1474), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
  • 2019-03-20 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Yamane excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2019-03-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-28-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
  • 2019-03-28 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-02 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1929), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-04-02 Deferred one day 04-03-19.
  • 2019-04-03 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Matayoshi voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, DeCoite, Eli, Gates, Holt, Kong, Matsumoto, McDermott, Okimoto, Perruso, San Buenaventura, Thielen, Todd, Tokioka, Ward, Wildberger voting no (16) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2019-04-04 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 537). introduction
  • 2019-04-04 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2019-04-24 Act 015, on 04/23/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). executive-signature
  • 2019-04-24 Act 015, 04/23/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/482bfcab-ec1b-4041-a14d-84f86908146d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).