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HI SB2213

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/2/2010

Primary Sponsor

Kalani English

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Origin

Senate

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes each county in Hawaii to establish compassion centers for dispensing medical marijuana to qualifying patients and caregivers registered with the Department of Public Safety.

  • Restricts compassion centers from locating within 50 miles of each other or within two miles of schools.

  • Requires compassion centers to maintain sales records for five years including the prescribing physician's name and implements immediate license rescission for general excise tax violations.

  • Permits non-residents with approved government identification and verified prescribing physician information to purchase medical marijuana at compassion centers.

  • Removes provisions requiring $15 of a $30 general excise tax per ounce sale to be deposited into county general funds.

Legislative Description

Counties; Compassion Centers

Last Action

(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Aquino, Ching, Choy, Finnegan, M. Lee, Marumoto, Pine, Takai, Tokioka, Ward voting no (10) and Representative(s) Berg, Keith-Agaran, Manahan, Takumi, Thielen excused (5).

3/12/2010

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/11/2010
Transportation and International Affairs1/21/2010

Full Bill Text

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