Bill > HB2535

This bill proposes to increase the manufacturing limits for businesses holding a "small craft producer pub license," which allows them to produce and sell alcoholic beverages like malt beverages, wine, and alcohol. Specifically, the bill would significantly raise the maximum number of barrels of these beverages that can be manufactured on-site annually, from seventy thousand to one hundred fifty thousand for malt beverages, twenty thousand to forty thousand for wine, and seven thousand five hundred to twenty thousand for alcohol. Additionally, it clarifies and expands the types of recyclable or reusable containers, such as growlers and bottles, in which these producers can sell their products for off-premises consumption, including increasing the allowable size for alcohol containers from one liter to one and three-quarter liters. The bill aims to better support local manufacturers and meet consumer demand by adjusting these production and sales regulations.

Business and Industry

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2535&year=2026