STAND. COM. REP. NO. 894

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 1482

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1482, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to, for purposes of the Hemp Processors Law, amend the definitions of "artificially derived cannabis" and "cannabis" to include all forms of cannabinoids classified as schedule I under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, and explicitly exclude synthetic cannabinoids and artificially derived cannabinoids from the definition of "manufactured hemp product."

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health; Honolulu Police Department; Cure Oahu; Noa Botanicals; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol and other synthetic cannabinoids may be artificially synthesized from hemp-derived compounds. These synthetic cannabinoids have a high degree of danger or probable danger. This measure makes it explicit that these synthetic cannabinoids are prohibited from being included in manufactured hemp products.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1482, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair