republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2024/sb-2354.md

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Bill	RELATING TO ALCOHOL.	Expands the definition of "beer" under the intoxicating liquor law to mean any alcoholic beverage containing not less than 0.5% alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, including alcohol seltzer beverages and excluding sake, cooler beverages, and other distilled products. Authorizes brewpubs to sell beer they manufacture, or beer manufactured on their premises, subject to certain conditions. Takes effect 1/1/2025. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2024	SB 2354	Hawaii SB 2354 (2024)	bill	Alcohol Beer Brewpubs Liquor Law	enacted	CHANG FEVELLA HASHIMOTO KIDANI MORIWAKI	2	21	2	2024-01-19	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/9a09bb4d-83d0-4eea-81bc-c5c07f19a8d6	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2354&year=2024	bf151d53e93e90804ed0b4e3f007fd92021a5e925b22844206c6b1aa42b2f565	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2354 (2024) — RELATING TO ALCOHOL.

Expands the definition of "beer" under the intoxicating liquor law to mean any alcoholic beverage containing not less than 0.5% alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, including alcohol seltzer beverages and excluding sake, cooler beverages, and other distilled products. Authorizes brewpubs to sell beer they manufacture, or beer manufactured on their premises, subject to certain conditions. Takes effect 1/1/2025. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB2354 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2354_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• FEVELLA — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• KIDANI — primary (person)
• MORIWAKI — primary (person)
• San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-04-22 Act 009, 04/19/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109). became-law
• 2024-04-19 Act 009, on 04/19/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109). became-law
• 2024-04-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 651). introduction, receipt
• 2024-04-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souza excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2024-04-04 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa, Lowen, Souza excused (3).
• 2024-04-04 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1744-24), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2024-04-03 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Souza. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-03-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2024-03-07 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 16 referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2024-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 109) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2024-03-05 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2024-02-29 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-24.
• 2024-02-29 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2752) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2024-02-20 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, Fukunaga, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-16 The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-20-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2024-01-19 Referred to CPN. referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2024-01-19 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a09bb4d-83d0-4eea-81bc-c5c07f19a8d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).