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Experts on cannabis policy to brief Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee; House adjourns
Summary
Representatives introduced national and local cannabis-policy experts who will present to the Legislature's Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee; the House then approved routine agenda items and adjourned until noon the next day.
Representative Tardis introduced a panel of national and local experts who will present an information briefing on cannabis policy to the Hawaii State House Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee later in the day.
The panel, seated in the gallery, included Sean Aronson, identified as Tardis’s staff attorney; Karen O'Keefe, director of state policies at the Marijuana Policy Project; Jennifer Flanagan, an attorney, former Massachusetts legislator and member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission; and Tai Cheng, president of Lehi Green Apothecary and chair of the Hawaii Cannabis Industry Association. Representative Tardis asked the guests to "please stand and be recognized and welcome to Hawaii State House of Representatives," according to the transcript.
The introductions followed procedural business earlier in the session. The clerk reported 42 members present for the roll call. The House recorded no messages from the governor or the Senate and referred other matters "to print," per the clerk's announcements. Representative Morikawa moved to defer the reading of the journal, which the speaker ordered deferred.
Later in the opening, Representative Garrett introduced three students from Hawaii Pacific University in his environmental ethics class—Chelsea Hamilton, Leonora Nicollison and Sarah Khalil—who were recognized in the chamber. Representative Quinlan also welcomed former Representative Matt LaPresti, who was in the gallery.
The House closed the session after a motion by Representative Morikawa that "this hall stand adjourned until 12:00 noon tomorrow," seconded by Representative Garcia. Members voted by voice; the speaker declared the motion carried and the chamber adjourned until the stated time.
No formal briefing content on cannabis policy was recorded in the transcript excerpt. The transcript shows the experts were introduced to the Legislature and scheduled to present at an information briefing for the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee later in the day; details of the briefing's agenda, timing and any materials to be presented were not specified in the transcript.
