CSHB 118(RLS)-PROHIBIT ALLOWING MINORS TO HAVE ALCOHOL                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
1:36:10 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR ELLIS announced  CSHB 118(RLS) to be  up for consideration.                                                               
He said this was the bill's second hearing in the committee.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PETE PAWLOWSKI,  Staff to Representative Kevin  Meyer, sponsor of                                                               
HB  118, briefed  the committee  that the  bill closes  a gap  in                                                               
statute and  provides another  tool for  law enforcement  to deal                                                               
with those  parties where it's  difficult or impossible  to prove                                                               
that a person is hosting or  has furnished alcohol to an underage                                                               
person.  It would  now  enable police  to  assess a  non-criminal                                                               
violation for hosting a party for underage people.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ELLIS noted the zero fiscal note.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:37:05 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR STEVENS moved  to pass CSHB 118(RLS)  from committee with                                                               
individual recommendations  and attached fiscal note.  There were                                                               
no objections and it was so ordered.