HB1204 • 2026

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.

Healthcare

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Sponsor: QUINLAN
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the number of registered caregivers or the impact of these changes.

Medical Cannabis Caregiver Rules

This bill allows primary caregivers to care for more than one qualifying patient at the same time, with certain conditions.

What This Bill Does

Allows a primary caregiver to be responsible for the care of more than one qualifying patient at any given time.

Who It Names or Affects

People who use medical cannabis in Hawaii
Primary caregivers of people using medical cannabis

Terms To Know

primary caregiver: A person responsible for the care and management of a patient's medical cannabis needs.
qualifying patient: Someone approved by law to use medical cannabis due to specific health conditions.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill will end on June 30, 2030.
It is not clear how many caregivers are currently registered or what the impact of these changes might be.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-27 H
Referred to HLT, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 4
2025-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-22 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.
Medical Cannabis; Primary Caregivers
Allows primary caregivers to be responsible for the care of more than one qualifying patient for medical cannabis at any given time. Repeals 6/30/2030.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HB1204

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1204

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
1
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Section 329-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

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"(c)
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Primary caregivers shall register with the
department of health.
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[
Every
]
A

primary caregiver [
shall
]
may
be responsible for the care of [
only
]

more than
one qualifying patient at any given time[
,
unless the primary caregiver is the
parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of more than one minor
qualifying patient, in which case the primary caregiver may be responsible for
the care of more than one minor qualifying patient at any given time; provided
that the primary caregiver is the parent, guardian, or person having legal
custody of all of the primary caregiver's qualifying patients
].
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The department of health may permit registration of up to two primary
caregivers for a minor qualifying patient; provided that both primary
caregivers are the parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of the
minor qualifying patient.
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SECTION
2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
provided that on June 30, 2030, this Act shall be repealed and section
329-123(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it
read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Medical
Cannabis; Primary Caregivers

Description:

Allows primary
caregivers to be responsible for the care of more than one qualifying patient
for medical cannabis at any given time.
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Repeals 6/30/2030.

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