STAND. COM. REP. NO.  645

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 904

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 904, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale, offer for sale, advertisement, or distribution of any caffeinated beer beverage unless labeled as an "intoxicating liquor" with a warning about potentially harmful effects.

 

     The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States supported the intent of this bill.

 

     Your Committees amended this measure by deleting language relating to the exclusion of various alcoholic beverages that contain caffeine naturally.  Your Committees find that the definition of "caffeinated beer beverage" will exclude such beverages.  In addition, extracts derived from foods with naturally occurring caffeine could be considered "food additives", creating an unnecessary ambiguity.

 

     Your Committees also made technical nonsubtantive amendments to this bill for consistency, style, and clarity.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 904, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 904, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair