Efforts to legalize recreational marijuana and establish a retail program in Hawaii have been thwarted again by the Legislature’s more conservative House of Representatives.
House Bill 1246, which would have established a regulatory agency to oversee adult-use and medical marijuana, and hemp, failed to advance to a full floor vote, according to the Honolulu Civic Beat.
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In 2024, after Hawaii’s Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill to establish a recreational market, new regulatory agency and social equity program, the legislation failed to get through the House, where similar efforts have died in the past.
“It’s a disappointment, but we will eventually get there,” Karen O’Keefe, director of state policies for Marijuana Policy Project, told MJBizDaily.
“We’ve had lots of setbacks in other states’
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