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Judiciary committee raises possession thresholds for marijuana offenses, passes SB 319
Summary
The Senate Committee on Judiciary voted to pass SB 319, which raises decriminalized possession thresholds and alters third-degree possession thresholds; testimony split between law-enforcement and public-health opponents and decriminalization advocates.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary recommended passage of SB 319, which raises statutory thresholds for marijuana possession and related offenses. The committee recorded opposition from prosecutors, law-enforcement and some public-health witnesses, and support from criminal-justice reform groups and the ACLU of Hawaii.
SB 319 increases the amount constituting the lowest-level criminalized marijuana possession. Under the measure discussed in committee, the minimum amount described in one provision is raised from “one ounce” (as…
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