03/22/2024 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE

               HB 189-SALE OF ALCOHOL BY UNDER 21                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:05:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced  that the next order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 189, "An Act  relating to the sale of alcohol; and                                                               
providing  for  an  effective  date."    [Before  the  committee,                                                               
adopted  as the  working document  on 3/11/22,  was the  proposed                                                               
committee  substitute (CS)  for HB  189, Version  33-LS0697\S, C.                                                               
Radford, 1/15/24 ("Version S").]                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:05:56 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER opened public testimony on HB 189.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:06:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RALPH SAMUELS, Vice President,  Community & Government Relations,                                                               
Holland America Group,  testified in support of HB 189.   He said                                                               
the tourism industry  has faced labor shortages  since the COVID-                                                               
19 Pandemic  and opined that  the bill would help  alleviate some                                                               
of those issues.   HB 189 would allow high  performing wait staff                                                               
access to better  jobs and a better career path  and provide more                                                               
flexibility for scheduling, he said.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
4:07:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER  closed testimony on  HB 189 and announced  that the                                                               
bill was held over.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
               HB 189-SALE OF ALCOHOL BY UNDER 21                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
5:01:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMMNER  announced that the  final order of  business would                                                               
be a return to  HOUSE BILL NO. 189, "An Act  relating to the sale                                                               
of alcohol;  and providing for  an effective date."   [Before the                                                               
committee, adopted  as the working  document on 3/11/22,  was the                                                               
proposed  committee  substitute  (CS)  for HB  189,  Version  33-                                                               
LS0697\S, C. Radford, 1/15/24 ("Version S").]                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
5:01:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to report CSHB 189, Version 33-                                                                  
LS0697\S, C.  Radford, 1/15/24, out of  committee with individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no objection,  CSHB 189(L&C)  was reported  from the  House Labor                                                               
and Commerce Standing Committee.