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HRS §328E-3

No selling or giving certain chemicals to minors

This law makes it illegal to knowingly sell, offer, give, or deliver certain chemicals to anyone under 18, unless a parent or guardian has given a written order. The chemicals are ones that can make a person intoxicated if used that way. The seller must know or have reason to know the chemical is meant for that use.

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The statute, as written — Sale or delivery to person under eighteen.] No person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale, deliver or give to any person under 18 years of age, unless upon written order of such person's parent or

guardian, any compound liquid or chemical containing toluol, hexane, trichloroethylene, acetone, toluene, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, trichloroethane, isopropanol, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl cellosolve acetate, cyclohexanone, or any other substance which will induce an intoxicated condition, as defined herein, when the seller, offeror or deliveror knows or has reason to know that such compound is intended for use to induce such condition.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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