HB 1907 Summary

• Legalizes responsible, adult-use cannabis in Hawaii and establishes a nine-member Hawaii Cannabis Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate cultivation, distribution, manufacturing, and retail sales of cannabis products.

• Creates four license classifications for cannabis businesses (cultivators, distributors, manufacturers, retailers); limits cultivation sites to 3,000 plants; allows adults 21+ to possess up to 1 ounce every 15 days and grow up to 10 plants personally; all cannabis must be Hawaii-grown with no out-of-state products permitted.

• Establishes social equity programs including grants, loans, and 50% fee waivers for applicants from disproportionately impacted areas, those with prior cannabis-related convictions eligible for expungement, and their family members.

• Imposes 6% tax on retail cannabis sales and exempts both medical cannabis sales and licensed responsible, adult-use cannabis businesses from general excise tax; requires permit from Department of Taxation.

• Allows qualifying out-of-state patients same rights as Hawaii qualifying patients under medical cannabis law, including ability to cultivate cannabis; removes existing prohibition on out-of-state patient cultivation.