STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1576

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   S.B. No. 786

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 786, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to replace all references to "medical marijuana" or similar terms with references to "medical cannabis" and similar terms in state statutes and administrative rules and Department of Health documents, letterhead, websites, and other items.

 

     The Department of Health, The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, The Drug Policy Action Group, Community Alliance on Prisons, and two individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Taxation provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 786, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair