HI HB1889

Excludes medical marijuana businesses from receiving state enterprise zone tax benefits and incentives, including business tax credits and general excise tax exemptions.

Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" under chapter 209E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to explicitly prohibit the sale, production, or manufacturing of marijuana products as defined in chapter 329D.

Applies to all medical marijuana dispensaries, production centers, and retail locations licensed under Act 241, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015, which authorizes eight dispensaries across the state.

Legislature determined that medical marijuana dispensaries are not the type of private sector business that enterprise zone incentives were intended to target, despite potential land use impacts.

Effective upon approval.