THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

TIME:

9:30AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

TIMESLOT:

CPN

 

PHOTO ID AND PROOF OF 1) FULL VACCINATION OR 2) A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TAKEN WITHIN

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BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

This policy is subject to change and may be adjusted based on evolving COVID-19 guidelines.

Please check the Legislature’s website for updates www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

Effective March 7, 2022, the Legislature will accept written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.

 

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1758, HD2

      (HSCR852-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO NURSES.

Allows for temporary permits to be issued to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses from a territory or foreign country that are seeking a state license by endorsement.  Effective 1/1/2050.  (HD2)

 

HTH/CPN, JDC/WAM

HB 2260, HD1

      (HSCR862-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CANNABIS.

Amends the circumstances under which medical cannabis may be transported by and between dispensaries.  Increases the allowable number of plants for production centers.  Increases the number of production centers that may be allowed under a dispensary license.  Increases the number of retail dispensing locations that may be allowed under a dispensary license.  Redefines the term "medical cannabis production center" to include any series of structures located within the same secured perimeter fence-line.  Requires the department of health to establish the fee structure for the submission of applications for additional production centers and retail dispensing locations and for dispensary-to-dispensary sales.  Amends the department of health's duties with respect to the establishment of standards for manufactured cannabis products.  Effective 7/1/2060.  (HD1)

 

HTH/CPN, JDC/WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

Please go to the Legislature's website, www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Testimony" icon on the home page to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

 

Please note the following:

 

·         The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.

·         Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.

 

If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions2022.pdf

 

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For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 587-7215.

 

 

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair

 

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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole

Chair