Hawaii House Bill 1359 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Passed on July 12 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-07-12 - Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 263, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1377).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Repeals redundant regulations on hemp production to reduce costs for the State and Hawaii farmers. Amends the hemp law in a manner that recognizes the unique constraints of Hawaii farmers, while protecting human health. Allows licensed hemp producers to sell hemp biomass. Requires transparency in labeling of hemp products to identify the percentage of Hawaiigrown hemp or hemp from outside the State in all hemp products. Establishes the Hawaii Hemp Task Force. Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to hire a hemp consultant to recommend infrastructure improvements on each island. Requires and appropriates moneys for the Department of Health to hire or consult a toxicologist or consultant familiar with hemp industry standards for the purpose of setting defined action limits or exposure levels for different types of hemp products. Extends the State's hemp processor law through 7/1/2027. Repeals on 7/1/2027. (CD1)

Relating To Hemp.

Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Terez Amato [D]	Rep. Elle Cochran [D]	Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick [D]
Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]	Rep. Amy Perruso [D]

2023-04-28 - House - House Conference: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-28 - Senate - Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-06 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-04-06 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-23 - Senate - Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-22 - Senate - Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-07-12	Senate	Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 263, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1377).
2023-07-12	House	Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 263, 07/11/2023, (Gov. Msg. No. 1377).
2023-05-04	House	Transmitted to Governor.
2023-05-04	House	Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996).
2023-05-04	Senate	Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901).
2023-05-04	House	Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2).
2023-05-04	Senate	Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Inouye, McKelvey. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).
2023-05-02	Senate	Deferred One Day 05-04-23.
2023-05-02	House	Deferred one day 05-04-23.
2023-04-28	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
2023-04-28	Senate	Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 156).
2023-04-28	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
2023-04-28	House	Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 156) as amended in (CD 1).
2023-04-28	Senate	The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Keohokalole, Aquino; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Rhoads.
2023-04-28	House	The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Nakashima, Morikawa, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.
2023-04-27	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-28-23 2:30PM in conference room 016.
2023-04-24	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839).
2023-04-21	House	House Conferees Appointed: Gates, Belatti, Nakashima, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Ward.
2023-04-18	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 903).
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Keohokalole, Aquino, Rhoads Co-Chairs.
2023-04-14	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800).
2023-04-13	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2023-04-11	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 863) in amended form (SD 2).
2023-04-11	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.
2023-04-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
2023-04-06	Senate	Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1884) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2023-04-06	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.
2023-04-06	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella.
2023-04-05	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will reconsider its previous decision made on 04-04-23 and will hold a public decision making on 04-06-23 10:47AM; Conference Room 211.
2023-04-04	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki, Shimabukuro.
2023-04-04	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-31	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-03-24	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
2023-03-24	Senate	Reported from AEN/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1392) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
2023-03-23	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-22	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-21	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 03-23-23 10:05AM; Conference Room 229.
2023-03-20	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN deferred the measure until 03-22-23 1:31PM; CR 224.
2023-03-17	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 03-21-23 10:15AM; CR 229.
2023-03-17	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN deferred the measure until 03-20-23 1:45PM; Conference Room 224.
2023-03-13	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2023-03-09	Senate	Referred to AEN/CPN, WAM/JDC.
2023-03-03	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-03-03	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 123).
2023-03-02	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-03-02	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 862), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-02-23	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2023-02-21	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-23-23 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-17	House	Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
2023-02-17	House	Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 749) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2023-02-15	House	The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Gates.
2023-02-13	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-15-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-09	House	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) Kila, Lamosao excused (2).
2023-02-09	House	Reported from AGR/HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 254) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2023-02-08	House	The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kobayashi; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Mizuno, Nishimoto, Garcia.
2023-02-08	House	The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Kahaloa, Cochran, Lowen, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso.
2023-02-06	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR/HLT on Wednesday, 02-08-23 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-02	House	Re-referred to AGR/HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 7
2023-01-30	House	Referred to AGR, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3
2023-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

SB1548 (Same As) 2023-01-30 - Referred to AEN/CPN, WAM/JDC.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1359&year=2023
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1359_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1359_HD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1359_HD2_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1359_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1359_SD2_.HTM
Roll Call	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1359&year=2023