Bill Text: HI HB1930 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Medical Use of Marijuana; Probationers; Parolees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-12 - (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Bertram, Cabanilla, Takumi excused (3). [HB1930 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1930-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  399-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1930

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Public Safety and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1930 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow probationers and parolees who meet the requirements of qualifying patients to request that the terms of their probation or parole be modified to be allowed the use of medical marijuana.

 

     The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Advocates for Consumer Rights, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Drug Policy Action Group supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Public Safety provided comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the probationer or parolee requesting a modification cannot have had a felony drug conviction;

 

     (2)  Changing the term "treating physician" to "primary care physician";

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to December 21, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1930, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1930, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Health,

 

 

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair		____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair