# Hawaii SB 1429: RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.

Hawaii SB 1429, RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-14 (Act 046, 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 1429
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-05-14, Act 046, 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146).
- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: DOH, Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation, Medical Cannabis, Caregivers, Penalties, Cultivation, Rules, Civil Service Exemptions, HLT, CPC, JHA
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 13 (232 yes, 11 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

Authorizes the Department of Health to impose penalties and take enforcement actions for violations of the medical cannabis laws. Increases the maximum number of qualifying patients a primary caregiver is authorized to care for from one to five patients. Retroactive to 1/1/2025, repeals the prohibition against primary caregivers cultivating medical cannabis for their qualifying patients, and authorizes primary caregivers to cultivate cannabis in an amount not to exceed an adequate supply for the qualifying patient; provided that each location used to cultivate cannabis shall be used to cultivate cannabis for not more than five qualifying patients. Extends for two years the sunset date for the interim rules adopted by the Department of Health and extends for four years the sunset date for the exemption from civil service of personnel hired by, or contracts entered into by, the Department of Health related to the medical cannabis dispensary system. (CD1)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Medical cannabis rules stay in place: benefit, low. Hawaii’s interim rules for medical cannabis dispensaries stay in place until July 1, 2027. They end sooner if the state adopts replacement rules.
- Fines for medical cannabis violations: cost, low. The Hawaii Department of Health can issue fines of up to $5,000 for each medical cannabis law or rule violation. Each day a violation occurs or continues counts separately. The department can also order someone to stop a violation or take corrective action. A person has 20 calendar days after writt…
- More caregiver access, with patient caps: mixed, low. A registered primary caregiver can serve up to five qualifying patients at a time, up from one. A caregiver can grow an adequate supply for a patient, and each growing location can serve no more than five patients. This caregiver-growing option no longer ends after December 31, 2024.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 24 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 48 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 9 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 6 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-14 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC... | pass | 46 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | House | The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 7 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 24 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-21 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (51)

- 2025-05-14: Act 046, 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). (Senate)
- 2025-05-14: Act 046, on 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). (House)
- 2025-05-02: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). (House)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). (House)
- 2025-04-24: 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) San Buenaventura, Keohokalole, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Matayoshi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 89). (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 89) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-24: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (House)
- 2025-04-23: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799). (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 329. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Matayoshi, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Matsumoto. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole, Gabbard Co-Chairs; Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 825). (House)
- 2025-04-10: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 688). (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). (House)
- 2025-04-08: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Amato, Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2033) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25. (House)
- 2025-03-25: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa. (House)
- 2025-03-21: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1502) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA. (House)
- 2025-03-21: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5). (House)
- 2025-03-21: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-19: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Marten. (House)
- 2025-03-14: Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1255) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC. (House)
- 2025-03-14: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4). (House)
- 2025-03-14: Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-12: The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos. (House)
- 2025-03-07: Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 19 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 329) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 905) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Reported from HHS/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 653) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: The committee(s) on HHS/CPN deferred the measure until 02-12-25 9:34AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: The committee(s) on HHS/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Referred to HHS/CPN, JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_CD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1146_.PDF)
- SB1429_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_CD1_.HTM)
- SB1429_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_HD1_.HTM)
- SB1429_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_HD2_.HTM)
- SB1429_HD3: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_HD3_.HTM)
- SB1429_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_SD1_.HTM)
- SB1429_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_SD2_.HTM)

## Related bills

- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed)
- HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- HB 943: RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_CD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1146_.PDF)
- [SB1429_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB1429_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB1429_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_HD2_.HTM)
- [SB1429_HD3 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_HD3_.HTM)
- [SB1429_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_SD1_.HTM)
- [SB1429_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1429_SD2_.HTM)

## Related
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025)
- [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [HB 943: RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB943-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1429-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).