RELATING TO CANNABIS.

Tincture THC limits tripled: per-serving limit increased from 1 mg to 3 mg of THC, and per-bottle limit increased from 30 mg to 90 mg of THC.

Removed the phrase 'including by randomized lottery selection' from the office's rulemaking authority over license and permit award procedures. The office retains broad authority to establish selection procedures but the specific reference to randomized lottery is gone.

Vehicle visibility/storage provision tightened: removed the exception for marijuana concealed on a passenger's person or in personal property. Now only marijuana stored in a trunk, luggage compartment, or similar location is exempt from the plain-sight prohibition.

Drug testing exception in employment provisions expanded: added 'or executive order' alongside federal requirements and collective bargaining agreements as a permissible basis for conducting drug testing and disciplining employees based on results.

Prohibited activities in school vehicles, public transportation, and moving vehicles broadened from 'the medical use of cannabis' (and 'any use of cannabis' for adults) to 'the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or medical use of cannabis' (and 'any manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of cannabis' for adults). This closes a gap where non-use activities in those locations were not explicitly prohibited.

Renamed the regulatory body from 'Hawaii hemp and cannabis office' to 'Hawaii cannabis and hemp office' throughout the bill, placing cannabis before hemp in the name.

Packaging and labeling compliance references broadened from 'in accordance with this section' to 'in accordance with this chapter,' meaning packaging and labeling must comply with the entire chapter's requirements, not just the specific packaging or labeling section.

Added to the legislative findings a provision that colleges and universities may allow medical use of cannabis by faculty members or students while within faculty or student housing, in addition to the existing authorization for persons 21+ on campus grounds.

Added 'legacy growers' as a category to be promoted in two places: (1) in rules encouraging participation in the regulated cannabis industry by farmers and agricultural businesses, and (2) in the criteria for granting craft cannabis dispensary licenses. This creates a new protected class of applicants.

Out-of-state medical cannabis patient registration: added 'or equivalent certificate' as an acceptable form of identification alongside a valid photographic ID card or driver's license from the issuing jurisdiction. This broadens what documents out-of-state patients can use to register.

Licensing residency requirement exemption narrowed and expanded: the exemption for the five-year residency requirement now applies only to 'part VIII' (previously 'parts VII and VIII') but adds an exception for medical cannabis dispensaries that converted their operations under section 41 of a prior 2025 act.

Added a new tolling provision to the tax statute of limitations: the period is tolled while an appeal of the assessment is pending before the taxation board of review or the tax appeal court, from the date the notice of appeal is filed until a final decision is issued or the case is withdrawn or dismissed.