RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
Summary
Allows post office boxes and rural and highway contract route boxes to be permissible for a prescription to be considered valid, only if a physical address where an individual resides is on file with the dispensing pharmacy. Effective 7/1/2022. (SD2)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
Governor
Introduced Jan 26, 2022
Last action Jun 17, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Amendments
4
Apr 22, 2022
Introduced
House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
lower
Apr 22, 2022
Introduced
Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 745).
upper
Apr 12, 2022
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Apr 8, 2022
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 738) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Apr 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Acasio, Ihara, Inouye). Transmitted to House.
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, Nishihara, Riviere, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-29-22 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.
upper
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Reported from HTH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3369) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
upper
Mar 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Baker, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HTH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-22 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to HTH, CPN.
upper
Mar 10, 2022
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 340).
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong.
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Committee
Reported from HHH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 531-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HHH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Tam, Gates, Har, Kapela, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to HHH, CPC, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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