THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Robert Bunda, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010

DATE:	Thursday, February 11, 2010
TIME:	1:30PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB 2243 Testimony Status	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires bills to amend or create new offenses, or to change parole or probation procedures, to be accompanied by a correctional impact statement. Requires assistance of the corrections population management commission to prepare corrections population impact.	PSM, JGO
SB 2141 Testimony Status	RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Increases the amount of cannabis that constitutes an adequate amount by allowing a qualifying patient to possess 10 cannabis plants and 5 ounces of cannabis at any given time.  Makes identification of the site where cannabis is grown confidential.  Prohibits the department of public safety from requiring that a certifying physician be the patient's primary care physician.  Prohibits certifying physicians from naming or describing a patient's particular debilitating condition.  Increases the permissible ratio of patients to caregivers by allowing a caregiver to grow cannabis for no more than 4 patients.	HTH/PSM
SB 2745 Testimony Status	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Makes Hawaii's controlled substance laws consistent with that of federal law and clarifies sections of chapter 329 relating to controlled substances.	PSM, JGO

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6360.