STAND. COM. REP. NO. 844-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2633

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2633, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL USE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the State's medical cannabis dispensary system law to:

(1) Authorize dispensaries to distribute medical cannabis propagules and cuttings to those individuals authorized to cultivate cannabis plants for medical use; and

(2) Impose quantity limits and quality requirements on the distributed propagules and cuttings.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Community Alliance on Prisons, Maui Grown Therapies, Kush Hawaii, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Health and one individual.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2633, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair