{"id":2211878,"date":"2024-04-02T22:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T02:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-declines-to-vote-on-legalizing-cannabis\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T22:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T02:30:32","slug":"hawaii-declines-to-vote-on-legalizing-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-declines-to-vote-on-legalizing-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii opts out of voting on cannabis legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhawaii-declines-to-vote-on-legalizing-cannabis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211878&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Hawaii House Finance Committee has rejected the bill to legalize cannabis in the state,\u2063 effectively halting any \u200cchance of\u2063 legalization\u200d in \u200c2024. This decision comes after much debate, with SB \u200c3335 narrowly passing its second reading.\u200d The future \u2062of adult-use cannabis in Hawaii remains uncertain following this recent development. The Hawaii House Finance Committee&#8217;s\u2063 rejection of the \u200bcannabis legalization bill\u200c ends hopes for legalization in 2024. Despite SB 3335 passing its second reading narrowly \u2063after intense debate,\u2064 the future \u200dof adult-use cannabis in Hawaii now hangs in uncertainty.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2947546\/youngkin-keeps-virginia-from-going-to-pot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marijuana<\/a> will not be legalized in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2816105\/trump-hawaii-could-be-latest-state-kick-him-off-2024-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hawaii<\/a> this year.  <\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s House Finance Committee announced on Tuesday that it would not consider SB 3335, Hawaii\u2019s state legalization measure to legalize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/2939703\/republicans-need-to-turn-against-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cannabis<\/a>. The decision effectively ended any chance of the drug being legalized in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2850631\/spirit-of-aloha-doesnt-trump-second-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Aloha State<\/a> in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe path to legalizing adult-use cannabis has been a deeply divisive issue. This year marked its furthest progression, with SB3335 narrowly passing its second reading,\u201d Democrat House Finance Committee Chairman Kyle Yamashita <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiihousedemocrats.com\/post\/house-finance-committee-will-not-hear-cannabis-legalization-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said in a released statement.<\/a> \u201cDue to numerous concerns regarding the implementation of the bill, the House has decided against further deliberation in the House Finance Committee. This decision is strengthened by the prevailing \u2018no\u2019 votes from committee members expressed on the House floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committee decided to prioritize efforts to rebuild following Hawaii\u2019s devastating fires in August 2023 instead of marijuana legalization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring an abnormally fiscally challenging year, the committee must prioritize addressing wildfire-related expenses after the August 8 tragedy in Lahaina and Upcountry Maui,\u201d Yamashita said. \u201cEnsuring the recovery of our communities continues to come at an extraordinary cost to the state budget, and the full cost of implementing the legalization of adult-use cannabis is unknown.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201cWe recognize that now is not the opportune time for its implementation, as we navigate the challenges of managing the largest wildfire recovery efforts in Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s history,\u201d Yamashita stated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other elected officials considered the concerns law enforcement officials had with possible marijuana legalization in the state. Hawaii\u2019s Democratic House Speaker Scott Saiki conveyed these issues in a separate statement and expressed the desire to prioritize the \u201coverall well-being\u201d of the state\u2019s residents over marijuana legalization efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn hearing the overwhelming testimony and serious concerns from members of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s law enforcement industry, this bill requires further consideration of the impact legislation will have on our children, economy, and overall well-being,\u201d Saiki said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii won&#8217;t legalize marijuana this year. The state&#8217;s House Finance Committee decided not to review SB 3335, Hawaii&#8217;s legalization bill. This move dashes hopes of cannabis legalization in Hawaii in 2024. The journey towards adult-use cannabis legalization in the Aloha State has come to a halt this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2211879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP19149783677036.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP19149783677036.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}