Bill Text: HI SB767 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Cannabis.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to HHH, JHA/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 22 [SB767 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SB767-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CANNABIS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The
legislature finds that the legal
history of cannabis or marijuana in the United States primarily addresses the
regulation of cannabis for medical use, and secondarily the use of cannabis for
personal or recreational purposes. By
the mid-1930s, cannabis was regulated as a drug in every state, including thirty-five
states that adopted the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act, which was subsequently
replaced in 1970 with the federal Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
Under the federal Uniform
Controlled Substances Act, marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinol, the primary psychoactive
compound in cannabis, are classified as schedule I controlled substances.
Notwithstanding the prospect of federal
prosecution, several states, including Hawai‘i, enacted medical cannabis laws. Chapter 329, part IX, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
was enacted to create a medical use of cannabis exemption from criminal
sanctions. As of November 4, 2020, thirty-six
states and four U.S. territories also allow the use of cannabis for medicinal
purposes. Furthermore, chapter 329D,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, was enacted to establish medical cannabis dispensaries authorized to operate
beginning in July 2016. As Hawai‘i expands its medical cannabis program through the use of highly
regulated and monitored dispensaries, more patients are anticipated to consider
medical cannabis as a viable treatment.
In addition to medical cannabis laws, some
states have legalized or decriminalized cannabis. The jurisdictions of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawai‘i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington have all decriminalized
cannabis in small amounts. In each state,
cannabis users no longer face jail time for the possession or use of cannabis
in the amount permitted by statute. Most places that decriminalized small
amounts of cannabis replaced incarceration or criminal charges with civil
fines, confiscation, drug education, or drug treatment, or made various
cannabis offenses the lowest priority for law enforcement.
In addition to the majority of states that
have decriminalized possession of cannabis, the federal government has also signaled
its approval of decriminalization at the federal level. On December 4, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives
passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act,
which removes cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances and facilitates
cancelling low-level federal convictions and arrests related to cannabis. This is the first time Congress has acted on the
issue of decriminalizing cannabis.
In 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington voted to legalize and regulate the production, possession, and distribution of cannabis for persons age twenty-one and older. Following Colorado and Washington's lead, Alaska, California, District of Columbia, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, and Vermont also legalized small amounts of cannabis for adult recreational use. As of 2020, fifteen states and three U.S. territories have legalized recreational cannabis.
Colorado was the first state to remove the
prohibition on commercial production of cannabis for general use. During the first year of legal cannabis sales
in 2014, Colorado collected $67,594,323 in taxes and fees from medical and
retail cannabis. As of November 2020, Colorado
has collected $1,563,063,859 in total revenue from cannabis taxes and fees.
The legislature finds that the
legalization of cannabis for personal or recreational use is a natural, logical,
and reasonable outgrowth of the current science of cannabis and attitude toward
cannabis.
The legislature further finds that cannabis cultivation and sales hold potential for economic development, increased tax revenues, and reduction in crime.
The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Decriminalize and regulate small amounts of cannabis for personal use;
(2) Establish regulations for the cultivation, sale, and personal use of small amounts of cannabis;
(3) Tax cannabis sales in the same manner as state excise taxes; and
(4) Subject income derived from cannabis sales to state income taxes.
SECTION 2. The Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended by adding a new chapter to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"Chapter
LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS FOR PERSONAL USE
§ -1 Definitions. As used in this chapter:
"Cannabis" means all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including cannabis concentrate. "Cannabis" does not include industrial hemp; fiber produced from the stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of the plant; sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination; or the weight of any other ingredient combined with cannabis to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other product. For purposes of this definition, "industrial hemp" means the plant of the genus cannabis and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 0.3 per cent on a dry weight basis.
"Cannabis accessories" means any equipment, products, or materials of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, composting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, vaporizing, or containing cannabis, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis into the human body.
"Cannabis cultivation
facility" means an entity licensed to cultivate, prepare, and package cannabis
and sell cannabis to retail cannabis stores, cannabis product manufacturing facilities, and other cannabis
cultivation facilities, but not to consumers.
"Cannabis
establishment" means a cannabis cultivation facility, cannabis testing facility, cannabis product
manufacturing facility, or retail cannabis store.
"Cannabis product manufacturing facility"
means an entity licensed to purchase cannabis; manufacture, prepare, and
package cannabis products; and sell cannabis and cannabis products to other cannabis
product manufacturing facilities and retail cannabis stores, but not to
consumers.
"Cannabis
products" means cannabis concentrate products and products that comprise cannabis
and other ingredients intended for use or consumption and include but are not
limited to edible products, ointments, and tinctures.
"Cannabis testing
facility" means an entity licensed to analyze and certify the safety and
potency of cannabis.
"Department" means the department
of taxation.
"License" means a license issued by the department to authorize the operation of a cannabis establishment.
"Personal use"
means an amount of cannabis not exceeding thirty grams that is used for private,
personal, or recreational purposes by persons age twenty-one years or
older. The term personal use includes
display, possession, sale, transport, transfer, or processing of cannabis or cannabis
products.
"Retail cannabis store"
means an entity licensed to purchase cannabis from cannabis cultivation facilities,
purchase cannabis and cannabis products from cannabis product manufacturing
facilities, and sell cannabis and cannabis products to consumers.
§ -2 Personal use of cannabis. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the personal use of cannabis is permitted.
(b) Personal use of cannabis shall not be the basis for arrest, seizure, or forfeiture of assets.
(c) The possession, use, display, purchase, transfer, or transport of cannabis, cannabis accessories, or cannabis paraphernalia for personal use shall be immune from criminal prosecution.
(d) The possession, growing, processing, or transporting of no more than six cannabis plants, with three or fewer being mature, flowering plants, and possession of the cannabis produced by the plants on the premises where the plants are grown shall not be subject to criminal prosecution; provided that the growing takes place in an enclosed and locked space and is not conducted openly or publicly, and that the plants are not made available for sale.
(e) The transfer or sale of thirty grams or less of cannabis with or without remuneration to a person who is twenty-one years of age or older is permitted.
(f) The consumption of cannabis products is permitted; provided that consumption of flavored e-liquids and juices containing cannabis for vaporizing devices is prohibited.
(g) Assisting, advising, or abetting another person who is twenty-one years of age or older in any actions described in this section is permitted.
(h) Personal use of cannabis shall be prohibited on
public highways, public sidewalks, federal property, and any location where the
consumption of alcohol is prohibited.
§ -3 Lawful operation of cannabis establishments; license required. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the following acts are permitted and shall not constitute a criminal offense or be the basis for search, seizure, or forfeiture of assets of a person who is twenty-one years of age or older:
(1) Manufacturing, possessing, or purchasing cannabis accessories or selling cannabis accessories to a person who is twenty-one years of age or older;
(2) Possessing, displaying, or transporting cannabis or cannabis products;
purchasing cannabis from a cannabis cultivation facility; purchasing cannabis or
cannabis products from a cannabis product manufacturing facility; or selling cannabis
or cannabis products to consumers; provided that the person has obtained a
current, valid license to operate a retail cannabis store or is acting in the capacity
of an owner, employee, or agent of a licensed retail cannabis store;
(3) Cultivating, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting,
displaying, or possessing cannabis; delivering or transferring cannabis to a cannabis
testing facility; selling cannabis to a cannabis cultivation facility, cannabis
product manufacturing facility, or retail cannabis store; or purchasing cannabis
from a cannabis cultivation facility; provided that the person has obtained a
current, valid license to operate a cannabis cultivation facility or is acting
in the capacity of an owner, employee, or agent of a licensed cannabis cultivation
facility;
(4) Packaging, processing, transporting, manufacturing, displaying,
or possessing cannabis or cannabis products; delivering or transferring cannabis
or cannabis products to a cannabis testing facility; selling cannabis or cannabis
products to a retail cannabis store or cannabis product manufacturing facility;
purchasing cannabis from a cannabis cultivation facility; or purchasing cannabis
or cannabis products from a cannabis product manufacturing facility; provided
that the person has obtained a current, valid license to operate a cannabis product
manufacturing facility or is acting in the capacity as an owner, employee, or
agent of a licensed cannabis product manufacturing facility;
(5) Possessing, processing, repackaging, storing, transporting,
displaying, transferring, or delivering cannabis or cannabis products; provided
that the person has obtained a current, valid license to operate a cannabis testing
facility or is acting in the capacity as an owner, employee, or agent of a
licensed cannabis testing facility; and
(6) Leasing or otherwise allowing the use of property owned,
occupied, or controlled by any person, corporation, or other entity for any of
the activities conducted lawfully in accordance with this section.
(b) Cannabis products shall be contained in generic packaging that uses only black lettering and contains no colors, pictures, cartoons, or images that may appeal to children and youth; provided that the department shall adopt rules pursuant to section -4 to implement restrictions on labeling requirements for cannabis and cannabis products sold or distributed by a cannabis establishment.
(c) Cannabis advertising shall be prohibited near youth-centered areas, including but not limited to:
(1) State and private parks;
(2) Schools;
(3) Recreational facilities;
(4) Public transit stations; and
(5) Bus stops;
provided that the department shall adopt rules pursuant to section -4 to implement restrictions on the advertising and display of cannabis and cannabis products.
§ -4 Regulation of cannabis; rules. (a) No later than July 1, 2021, the department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for implementation of this chapter. The rules shall not require such a high investment of risk, money, time, or any other resource or asset that the operation of a cannabis establishment is not worthy of being carried out in practice by a reasonably prudent business person. The rules shall include:
(1) Procedures for the application, issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of a license to operate a cannabis establishment; provided that any license to be issued shall be issued no later than ninety days after receipt of an application;
(2) A schedule of application,
licensing, and renewal fees; provided that application fees shall not exceed
$5,000, adjusted annually for inflation, unless the department determines a greater
fee is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this section;
(3) Qualifications for licensure that are directly and
demonstrably related to the operation of a cannabis establishment;
(4) Security requirements for the premises of cannabis establishments;
(5) Requirements to prevent the sale or diversion of cannabis and
cannabis products to persons under the age of twenty-one;
(6) Labeling requirements for cannabis and cannabis products sold
or distributed by a cannabis establishment;
(7) Health and safety regulations and standards for the
manufacture of cannabis products and the cultivation of cannabis;
(8) Restrictions on the advertising and display of cannabis and cannabis
products; and
(9) Civil penalties for the failure to comply with rules adopted
pursuant to this section.
(b)
In order to ensure
that individual privacy is protected, the department shall not require a
consumer to provide a retail cannabis store with personal information other
than government issued identification to determine the consumer's age. A retail cannabis store shall not be required
to acquire and record personal information about consumers.
(c) If an application for a license under this
section is denied, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the specific
reason for the denial. The applicant may
be entitled to resubmit the application at any time after denial of the initial
application.
§ -5 Effect on employers. This chapter shall not be construed to:
(1) Require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, display, transport, sale, or growing of cannabis in the workplace; or
(2) Affect the ability of an employer to have policies restricting the use of cannabis by employees.
§ -6 Effect on intoxicated driving laws. This chapter shall not be construed as a defense, exemption, or immunity from chapter 291E.
§ -7 Effect on medical cannabis law. This chapter shall not be construed to
affect medical use of cannabis as provided
in chapter 329 and shall not be deemed to expand the medical use of cannabis beyond the uses provided in chapter
329.
§ -8 Effect on medical cannabis dispensary law.
This chapter shall not be construed to affect the dispensing of medical cannabis as provided in chapter 329D and
shall not be deemed to expand the dispensing of medical cannabis beyond the uses provided in chapter
329D.
§ -9 Effect on property rights. This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit a person, employer,
school, hospital, detention facility, corporation, or any other entity who
occupies, owns, or controls a property from prohibiting or otherwise regulating
the possession, consumption, use, display, transfer, distribution, sale,
transportation, or growing of cannabis on or in that property."
SECTION 3. Chapter 712, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part IV to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§712- Legalization of marijuana. The following acts shall be exempt from arrest, prosecution, and criminal culpability under this part:
(a) Any act permitted under section ‑2;
(b) Any act permitted under section ‑3; and
(c) An act of any person who is appropriately and currently licensed if the act requires a license under chapter ."
SECTION 4. Section 235-2.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (v) to read as follows:
"(v)
Section 280E (with respect to expenditures in connection with the
illegal sale of drugs) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be operative for the
purposes of this chapter, except that section 280E shall not be operative with
respect to [the]:
(1) The production
and sale of medical cannabis and manufactured cannabis products by dispensaries
licensed under chapter 329D and their subcontractors, as defined in section
329D-1[.]; and
(2) Any activity authorized by chapter ."
SECTION 5. Section 329-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(1) Alpha-ethyltryptamine (AET);
(2) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylamphetamine (DOET);
(3) 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine (2,5-DMA);
(4) 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine;
(5) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA);
(6) N-hydroxy-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (N-hydroxy-MDA);
(7) 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine (MDE);
(8) 5-methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxy-amphetamine;
(9) 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxy-amphetamine (4-bromo-2,5-DMA);
(10) 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (Nexus);
(11) 3,4,5-trimethoxy amphetamine;
(12) Bufotenine;
(13) 4-methoxyamphetamine (PMA);
(14) Diethyltryptamine;
(15) Dimethyltryptamine;
(16) 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxy-amphetamine;
(17) Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) (some other names include gamma hydroxybutyric acid; 4-hydroxybutyrate; 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; sodium oxybate; sodium oxybutyrate);
(18) Ibogaine;
(19) Lysergic acid diethylamide;
[(20) Marijuana;
(21)] (20) Parahexyl;
[(22)] (21) Mescaline;
[(23)] (22) Peyote;
[(24)] (23) N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate;
[(25)] (24) N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate;
[(26)] (25) Psilocybin;
[(27)] (26) Psilocyn;
[(28)] (27) 1-[1-(2-Thienyl) cyclohexyl]
Pyrrolidine (TCPy);
[(29)] (28) Ethylamine analog of phencyclidine (PCE);
[(30)] (29) Pyrrolidine analog of phencyclidine
(PCPy, PHP);
[(31)] (30) Thiophene analog of phencyclidine
(TPCP; TCP);
[(32)] (31) Gamma-butyrolactone, including
butyrolactone; butyrolactone gamma; 4-butyrolactone; 2(3H)-furanone dihydro;
dihydro-2(3H)furanone; tetrahydro-2-furanone; 1,2-butanolide; 1,4-butanolide;
4-butanolide; gamma-hydroxybutyric acid lactone; 3-hydroxybutyric acid lactone
and 4-hydroxybutanoic acid lactone with Chemical Abstract Service number
96-48-0 when any such substance is intended for human ingestion;
[(33)] (32) 1,4 butanediol, including butanediol;
butane-1,4-diol; 1,4- butylenes glycol; butylene glycol; 1,4-dihydroxybutane;
1,4- tetramethylene glycol; tetramethylene glycol; tetramethylene 1,4- diol
with Chemical Abstract Service number 110-63-4 when any such substance is intended
for human ingestion;
[(34)] (33) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylthiophenethylamine
(2C-T-7), its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;
[(35)] (34) N-benzylpiperazine (BZP; 1-benzylpiperazine)
its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;
[(36)] (35) 1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine
(TFMPP), its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;
[(37)] (36) Alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT), its
isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;
[(38)] (37) 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine
(5-MeO-DIPT), its isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;
[(39)] (38) Salvia divinorum;
[(40)] (39) Salvinorin A;
[(41)] (40) Divinorin A;
[(42)] (41) 5-Methoxy-N,N-Dimethyltryptamine
(5-MeO-DIPT) (some trade or other names:
5-methoxy-3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]indole; 5-MeO-DMT);
[(43)] (42) 2-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethylphenyl)ethanamine
(2C-E);
[(44)] (43) 2-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylphenyl)ethanamine
(2C-D);
[(45)] (44) 2-(4-Chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine
(2C-C);
[(46)] (45) 2-(4-Iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine
(2C-I);
[(47)] (46) 2-[4-(Ethylthio)-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl]ethanamine
(2C-T-2);
[(48)] (47) 2-[4-(Isopropylthio)-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl]ethanamine
(2C-T-4);
[(49)] (48) 2-(2,5-Dimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine
(2C-H);
[(50)] (49) 2-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitro-phenyl)ethanamine
(2C-N);
[(51)] (50) 2-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylphenyl)ethanamine
(2C-P);
[(52)] (51) 2-(4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine,
its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers
(Other names: 25I-NBOMe; 2C-I-NBOMe;
25I; Cimbi-5);
[(53)] (52) 2-(4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine,
its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers
(Other names: 25C-NBOMe; 2C-C-NBOMe;
25C; Cimbi-82); and
[(54)] (53) 2-(4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine,
its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers
(Other names: 25B-NBOMe; 2C-B-NBOMe; 25B;
Cimbi-36)."
SECTION 6. Section 712-1244, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) [A] Except as otherwise provided in
chapter , a person commits the offense of
promoting a harmful drug in the first degree if the person knowingly:
(a) Possesses one hundred
or more capsules or tablets or dosage units containing one or more of the
harmful drugs or one or more of the marijuana concentrates, or any combination
thereof;
(b) Possesses one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances, of an aggregate weight of one ounce or more containing one or more of the harmful drugs or one or more of the marijuana concentrates, or any combination thereof;
(c) Distributes twenty-five or more capsules or tablets or dosage units containing one or more of the harmful drugs or one or more of the marijuana concentrates, or any combination thereof;
(d) Distributes one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances, of an aggregate weight of one- eighth ounce or more, containing one or more of the harmful drugs or one or more of the marijuana concentrates, or any combination thereof; or
(e) Distributes any harmful drug or any marijuana concentrate in any amount to a minor."
SECTION 7. Section 712-1245, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) [A] Except as otherwise provided in
chapter , a person commits the offense of
promoting a harmful drug in the second degree if the person knowingly:
(a) Possesses fifty or more capsules or tablets or dosage units containing one or more of the harmful drugs or one or more of the marijuana concentrates, or any combination thereof;
(b) Possesses one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances, of an aggregate weight of one- eighth ounce or more, containing one or more of the harmful drugs or one or more of the marijuana concentrates, or any combination thereof; or
(c) Distributes any harmful drug or any marijuana concentrate in any amount."
SECTION 8. Section 712-1246, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) [A] Except as otherwise provided in
chapter , a person commits the offense of
promoting a harmful drug in the third degree if the person knowingly possesses
twenty-five or more capsules or tablets or dosage units containing one or more
of the harmful drugs or one or more of the marijuana concentrates, or any
combination thereof."
SECTION 9. Section 712-1247, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) [A] Except as otherwise provided in
chapter , a person commits the offense of
promoting a detrimental drug in the first degree if the person knowingly:
(a) Possesses four hundred or more capsules or tablets containing one or more of the Schedule V substances;
(b) Possesses one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances of an aggregate weight of one ounce or more, containing one or more of the Schedule V substances;
(c) Distributes fifty or more capsules or tablets containing one or more of the Schedule V substances;
(d) Distributes one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances of an aggregate weight of one- eighth ounce or more, containing one or more of the Schedule V substances;
(e) Possesses one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances of an aggregate weight of one pound or more, containing any marijuana;
(f) Distributes one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances of an aggregate weight of one ounce or more, containing any marijuana;
(g) Possesses, cultivates, or has under the person's control twenty-five or more marijuana plants; or
(h) Sells or barters any marijuana or any Schedule V substance in any amount."
SECTION 10. Section 712-1248, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) [A] Except as otherwise provided in
chapter , a person commits the offense of
promoting a detrimental drug in the second degree if the person knowingly:
(a) Possesses fifty or more capsules or tablets containing one or more of the Schedule V substances;
(b) Possesses one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances, of an aggregate weight of one- eighth ounce or more, containing one or more of the Schedule V substances;
(c) Possesses one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances, of an aggregate weight of one ounce or more, containing any marijuana; or
(d) Distributes any marijuana or any Schedule V substance in any amount."
SECTION 11. Section 712-1249, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1)
[A] Except as otherwise provided in chapter ,
a person commits the
offense of promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree if the person
knowingly possesses any marijuana or any Schedule V substance in any amount."
SECTION 12. Section 712-1249.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) [A] Except as otherwise provided in
chapter , a person commits the offense of commercial
promotion of marijuana in the first degree if the person knowingly:
(a) Possesses marijuana having an aggregate weight of twenty-five pounds or more;
(b) Distributes marijuana having an aggregate weight of five pounds or more;
(c) Possesses, cultivates, or has under the person's control one hundred or more marijuana plants;
(d) Cultivates on land owned by another person, including land owned by the government or other legal entity, twenty-five or more marijuana plants, unless the person has the express permission from the owner of the land to cultivate the marijuana or the person has a legal or an equitable ownership interest in the land or the person has a legal right to occupy the land; or
(e) Uses, or causes to be used, any firearm or other weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, whether animate or inanimate, which in the manner used is capable of causing death, serious bodily injury, substantial bodily injury, or other bodily injury, as defined in chapter 707 in order to prevent the theft, removal, search and seizure, or destruction of marijuana."
SECTION 13. Section 712-1249.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) [A] Except as otherwise provided in
chapter , a person commits the offense of
commercial promotion of marijuana in the second degree if the person knowingly:
(a) Possesses marijuana having an aggregate weight of two pounds or more;
(b) Distributes marijuana having an aggregate weight of one pound or more;
(c) Possesses, cultivates, or has under the person's control fifty or more marijuana plants;
(d) Cultivates on land owned by another person, including land owned by the government or other legal entity, any marijuana plant, unless the person has the express permission from the owner of the land to cultivate the marijuana or the person has a legal or an equitable ownership interest in the land or the person has a legal right to occupy the land; or
(e) Sells or barters any marijuana or any Schedule V substance in any amount to a minor."
SECTION 14. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 15. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 16. This Act shall take effect on May 6, 2137.
Report Title:
Cannabis; Legalization
Description:
Legalizes the personal use, possession, and sale of cannabis in a specified quantity. Requires licensing to operate cannabis establishments. Subjects cannabis establishments to excise taxes and income taxes. Effective 5/6/2137. (SD2)
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