When: Tuesday, February 13, at 9:00 a.m.
Where: Conference Room 229, State Capitol, 415 South Beretania St.
Please consider submitting testimony in support of S.B. 905, especially if you are a patient registered with the current program. Click here to see the official hearing notice, which explains how to submit testimony and lists the information needed.
1. Testimony must be submitted at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. 9 a.m. Monday is therefore the latest you can send testimony in... so fax or e-mail it this weekend!
2. Testimony can be faxed to the Senate sergeant-at-arms at 808-586-6659 if you're in Oahu, or 1-800-586-6659 if you're in the neighboring islands.
3. Testimony can also be e-mailed to the Public Access Room at testimony@capitol.hawaii.gov.
4. The Public Access Room will make the appropriate number of copies needed, and deliver your testimony. You can reach them at 808 587-0478 or par@capitol.hawaii.gov.
Here is a summary of the information you must remember to include with your testimony:
1. Your name, position or title, organization, and contact information.
2. The bill number: S.B. 905.
3. Your position on the bill: SUPPORT.
4. The hearing date, room number, and time: Tuesday, February 13, Conference Room 229, 9 a.m.
5. The committee to which your testimony is being referred: Senate Health; Public Safety; Judiciary and Labor (HTH/PBS/JDL).
6. Please remember to also list the chairs and vice-chairs of these Senate committees. They are, respectively: David Y. Ige and Carol Fukunaga, Will Espero and Clarence K. Nishihara, Clayton Hee and Russell S. Kokubun.
7. The number of copies needed: 35.
Please remember to follow all these guidelines when submitting your testimony. Remember also to be polite, as this is very important in getting our argument heard.
Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project. Please forward this message along to your family and friends in Hawaii, so that they, too, may become involved in reform.
