Bill Text: HI HB593 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Alcohol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. [HB593 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB593-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ALCOHOL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 244D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending the definition of "beer" to read as follows:
""Beer"
means any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by
volume and obtained by the fermentation or any infusion or decoction of [barley,]
malt, [hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in
water, and] wholly or in part, or any substitute therefor, including grain
of any kind, bran, glucose, sugar, or molasses. "Beer" includes ale, porter,
brown, stout, lager beer, small beer, [and] strong beer, and alcoholic
seltzer beverages, but does not include sake, known as Japanese rice wine,
or cooler beverage."
SECTION 2. Section 281-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "beer" to read as follows:
""Beer" means any alcoholic
beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume and obtained by the alcoholic
fermentation of any infusion or decoction of [barley or other grain,]
malt, [and hops in water.] wholly or in part, or any substitute therefor,
including grain of any kind, bran, glucose, sugar, or molasses."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Alcohol; Beer; Definition
Description:
Expands the definition of "beer" to specify an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 percent and to include alcoholic seltzer beverages. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
