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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES."
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description: "Exempts the notarization requirement for renewals of liquor licenses. (SD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 159"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 159 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elimination of Notarization Requirement", "Liquor Licenses", "Renewal of License"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["TODD"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2024-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2139e7e6-f7ca-4c9c-866b-98fad0a0a567"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=159&year=2024"
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source_hash: "470e04b3ee79b862e2949e1315161d96c3646593cf615aa2fade7153419906cb"
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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 HB 159 (2024) — RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
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Exempts the notarization requirement for renewals of liquor licenses. (SD1)
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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. **HB159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB159_.HTM)
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2. **HB159_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB159_HD1_.HTM)
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3. **HB159_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB159_SD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- TODD — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-24** Act 058, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). `became-law`
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- **2024-06-24** Act 058, on 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). `became-law`
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- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2024-04-22** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-19** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused (2). `passage`
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- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
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- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 769). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-11-24.
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- **2024-03-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 454). `receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-03-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 339) in amended form (SD 1).
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- **2024-03-08** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 5 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Ihara, Keohokalole, Kidani, Lee). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** One Day Notice 03-08-24.
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- **2024-03-07** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3061) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **2024-02-13** 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) Rhoads, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-08** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2023-12-11** Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. `carried-over`
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- **2023-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-24** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1366) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
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- **2023-03-15** 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, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to CPN, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 135). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2023-03-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2023-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 995), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2023-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-27-23 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2023-02-15** 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 none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-15** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 486) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
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- **2023-02-09** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-09-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2023-01-25** Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-19** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-01-17** Prefiled.
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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/2139e7e6-f7ca-4c9c-866b-98fad0a0a567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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