STAND. COM. REP. NO. 581-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2360

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2360 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update and codify within the Uniform Controlled Substances Act certain amendments made to the federal controlled substances law.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Akamai Cannabis Clinic.

Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to make permanent the temporary designation of new controlled substances by the Department of Public Safety. Your Committee further finds that the Department of Public Safety's temporary designation of the new controlled substances will be nullified if this Legislature does not make the designations permanent.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 2360, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2360, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________

CHRIS LEE, Chair