Authorizes the Department of Health to impose penalties and take enforcement actions for violations of the medical cannabis laws. Increases the maximum number of qualifying patients a primary caregiver is authorized to care for from one to five patients. Retroactive to 1/1/2025, repeals the prohibition against primary caregivers cultivating medical cannabis for their qualifying patients, and authorizes primary caregivers to cultivate cannabis in an amount not to exceed an adequate supply for the qualifying patient; provided that each location used to cultivate cannabis shall be used to cultivate cannabis for not more than five qualifying patients. Extends for two years the sunset date for the interim rules adopted by the Department of Health and extends for four years the sunset date for the exemption from civil service of personnel hired by, or contracts entered into by, the Department of Health related to the medical cannabis dispensary system. (CD1)
Hawaii SB 1429 (2025) — RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
Authorizes the Department of Health to impose penalties and take enforcement actions for violations of the medical cannabis laws. Increases the maximum number of qualifying patients a primary caregiver is authorized to care for from one to five patients. Retroactive to 1/1/2025, repeals the prohibition against primary caregivers cultivating medical cannabis for their qualifying patients, and authorizes primary caregivers to cultivate cannabis in an amount not to exceed an adequate supply for the qualifying patient; provided that each location used to cultivate cannabis shall be used to cultivate cannabis for not more than five qualifying patients. Extends for two years the sunset date for the interim rules adopted by the Department of Health and extends for four years the sunset date for the exemption from civil service of personnel hired by, or contracts entered into by, the Department of Health related to the medical cannabis dispensary system. (CD1)
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2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
2025-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). receipt
2025-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). passage
2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). passage
2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 89) as amended in (CD 1).
2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 89).
2025-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Matayoshi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
2025-04-24 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Keohokalole, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). receipt
2025-04-10 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
2025-04-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 688). introduction, receipt
2025-04-08 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Amato, Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
2025-04-04 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2033) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-03-25 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-21 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
2025-03-21 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1502) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.
2025-03-19 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Marten. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
2025-03-14 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1255) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2025-03-12 The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-06 Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 19 referral-committee
2025-03-06 Pass First Reading reading-1
2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 329) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
2025-03-04 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
2025-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
2025-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 905) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2025-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-18 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2025-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
2025-02-14 Reported from HHS/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 653) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
2025-02-12 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-12 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-11 The committee(s) on HHS/CPN deferred the measure until 02-12-25 9:34AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. deferral
2025-02-06 The committee(s) on HHS/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-01-27 Referred to HHS/CPN, JDC. referral-committee
2025-01-23 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
2025-01-21 Pending Introduction.
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86db8622-3b11-4136-b08d-a66451aaf93b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).