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HI HB2449

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/24/2024

Primary Sponsor

Scott Saiki

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Clarifies the definition of "manufactured hemp product" in Hawaii Revised Statutes section 328G-1 to explicitly include products intended for oral consumption in beverage and edible forms.

  • Adds authority for the Department of Health to regulate and specify additional hemp products through rulemaking under section 328G-4.

  • Removes the previous limitation that restricted the definition to only products specified by the department, instead making those products an additional category of covered items.

  • Resolves ambiguity created by Act 263 (2023) that inadvertently limited the department's regulatory authority over new types of hemp products.

  • Effective date: July 1, 3000.

Legislative Description

Relating To Manufactured Hemp Products.

Definition

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5).

2/16/2024

Committee Referrals

Consumer Protection & Commerce2/16/2024
Agriculture1/26/2024

Full Bill Text

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