Hawaii SB3319 amends state law to establish age-verification defenses for retailers selling manufactured hemp products to minors.

Hawaii SB3319 amends Chapter 328G of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to add provisions regarding age verification for manufactured hemp products. It establishes that retailers have an affirmative defense if they use commercially reasonable methods to verify a purchaser's age, such as government-issued photographic identification or reliable data sources. Additionally, it amends existing law to require retailers to request and examine photographic identification from individuals under twenty-one years of age before selling tinctures, with reliance on a third-party age-verification service also.

Hawaii SB3319 amends state law to establish age-verification defenses for retailers selling manufactured hemp products to minors.

Hawaii SB3319 amends Chapter 328G of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to add provisions regarding age verification for manufactured hemp products. It establishes that retailers have an affirmative defense if they use commercially reasonable methods to verify a purchaser's age, such as government-issued photographic identification or reliable data sources. Additionally, it amends existing law to require retailers to request and examine photographic identification from individuals under twenty-one years of age before selling tinctures, with reliance on a third-party age-verification service also.