STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2639

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2812

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2812, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to update chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, to be consistent with amendments to the federal Controlled Substances Act, as required under section 329-11, HRS.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee finds that each year the federal Controlled Substances Act is updated to stay current with the appropriate scheduling of new substances. As a result, the Hawaii Uniform Controlled Substance Act also needs to be updated in order to stay current with the federal Controlled Substances Act. Changing this state law will ease enforcement and reduce confusion as to the scheduling of controlled substances in the State and eliminate any differences between the federal and state law.

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. 2812, S.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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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair