republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2018-regular-session/hb-2385.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT."
description: "Updates chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal Controlled Substances Act as required under section 329-11, HRS. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2385"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2385 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Controlled Substances Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a34639e-d823-4c7d-9c88-38f5c8e8a6e8"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2385&year=2018"
source_hash: "e3f911c989f2b58489f8acfc862949b885fc02f7cbf4a1186e48787b1b0b4629"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 2385 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Updates chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal Controlled Substances Act as required under section 329-11, HRS. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB2385** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2385_.HTM)
2. **HB2385_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2385_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2385_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2385_HD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **3–0** (fail) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to HHS, JUD, referral sheet 9 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Friday, 02-09-18 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-02-09** The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Learmont; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 412-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2018-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 03-01-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-03-01** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, C. Lee, Morikawa, Takayama, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1124-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-06-18.
- **2018-03-06** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 334). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to CPH, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-18 9:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-15** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, Espero, Ihara, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3078) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2018-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2018-03-27** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-29-18 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-03-29** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3533) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** One Day Notice 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 721) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-12** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; San Buenaventura, Tupola.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Taniguchi Co-Chair; S. Chang.
- **2018-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 832).
- **2018-04-25** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-18 11:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-04-26** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Nishimoto, San Buenaventura; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
- **2018-04-26** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-12-18.
- **2018-04-27** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 684).
- **2018-04-27** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-04-27** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Thielen, Tupola excused (3).
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 696).
- **2018-04-30** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-07-11** Act 190, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-11** Act 190, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a34639e-d823-4c7d-9c88-38f5c8e8a6e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).