PROPOSED RULE AMENDMENTS
2024 - 2025
Current status:
Effective February 16, 2025, Rule §3-82-38.15 (Unlawful Discrimination) has been amended in the Rules of the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu.
§3-82-38.15. Unlawful Discrimination. (a) No licensee, whose premises are open for business to the general public, shall refuse, withhold from, or deny to any person, the full and equal enjoyment of any of the licensee’s accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, privileges, or services on the basis of that person’s race, color, disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, or ancestry.
(b) For purposes of this rule, any licensee that caters, sells, serves, extends, offers, or otherwise makes available to the general public its accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, privileges, or services, for a fee or charge shall be deemed to be open for business to the general public.
(c) This rule shall not apply to clubs that are not open to the general public, except to the extent that the accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, privileges, or services of the club are made available to the general public.
(d) Nothing in this rule shall be construed or interpreted to prohibit a licensee from the right to deny service to any person for failure to conform to the usual and regular requirements, standards, and regulations for the licensed premises so long as the denial, requirements, standards, and regulations are uniformly applied to all persons without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, or ancestry.