‘so if the federal agency had jurisdiction, then the state statute (HRS 841-3) did not apply. Federal law trumps state law.”
Please read the article. It says right in the article that Janice Okubo, Hawaii DOH administrator says that HRS 841-3 does apply.
Please read the context of the discussion to which my point pertained. Under discussion was why the Maui Police Chief initially said that statute didn't apply. What Janice Okubo believed doesn't tell us what the Police Chief then believed.