HI SR90

Requests the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to conduct a study determining fair wages for medical marijuana dispensary support staff employees in Hawaii.

Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to identify necessary positions within medical marijuana dispensaries in cooperation with the Department of Health.

Directs review of wages and positions for medical marijuana dispensaries in other jurisdictions to inform Hawaii's fair wage determination.

Notes that Act 241 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2015) established a licensing system allowing up to eight medical marijuana dispensary licenses statewide, with dispensaries able to commence operations no sooner than July 15, 2016.

Emphasizes Hawaii's high cost of living (average Honolulu home price of $868,317) as justification for establishing fair wages in the new medical marijuana industry.