CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 39-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3140

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3140, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the holder of a controlled substances registration to immediately and verbally report to the Administrator of the Narcotics Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety any suspected theft, embezzlement, fraud, or diversion of a controlled substance in the holder's inventory, and to subsequently submit a written report; and

(2) Establish a misdemeanor penalty for a person who knowingly prevents another from reporting any suspected theft, embezzlement, fraud, or diversion, or who knowingly fails to provide required information to the Administrator.

Your Committee on Conference finds that the theft, embezzlement, fraud, and diversion of controlled substances threaten public health and safety and suspected incidents of such are often not being reported in a timely matter to the Department of Public Safety for various reasons, making it substantially more difficult for the Department of Public Safety to enforce the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. This measure will assist the Department of Public Safety in enforcing the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3140, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3140, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ LISA KITAGAWA Co-Chair	____________________________ LYNN DECOITE Chair
____________________________ SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI Co-Chair	____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM Co-Chair