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Bill 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) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2025 SB 1429 Hawaii SB 1429 (2025)
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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)

Version chain

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

  1. SB1429 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB1429_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1429_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB1429_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB1429_HD3 (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB1429_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
  7. SB1429_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 71 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 40 (pass) · lower
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 91 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 31 (pass) · upper
  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 241 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 62 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 241 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-05-14 Act 046, on 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). became-law
  • 2025-05-14 Act 046, 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). became-law
  • 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 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
  • 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
  • 2025-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 329.
  • 2025-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799). receipt
  • 2025-04-22 House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Matayoshi, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
  • 2025-04-17 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 825). receipt
  • 2025-04-17 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole, Gabbard Co-Chairs; Fevella.
  • 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 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
  • 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.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86db8622-3b11-4136-b08d-a66451aaf93b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).