A bill for an act
relating to cannabis; establishing the Office of Cannabis Management; establishing
advisory councils; requiring reports relating to cannabis use and sales; legalizing
and limiting the possession and use of cannabis by adults; providing for the
licensing, inspection, and regulation of cannabis businesses; requiring testing of
cannabis flower and cannabinoid products; requiring labeling of cannabis flower
and cannabinoid products; limiting the advertisement of cannabis flower,
cannabinoid products, and cannabis businesses; providing for the cultivation of
cannabis in private residences; transferring regulatory authority for the medical
cannabis program; taxing the sale of adult-use cannabis; establishing grant and
loan programs; amending criminal penalties; establishing expungement procedures
for certain individuals; establishing labor standards for the use of cannabis by
employees and testing of employees; providing for the temporary regulation of
certain edible cannabinoid products; amending the scheduling of marijuana and
tetrahydrocannabinols; classifying data; making miscellaneous cannabis-related
changes and additions; making clarifying and technical changes; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.411, by adding a
subdivision; 13.871, by adding a subdivision; 34A.01, subdivision 4; 144.99,
subdivision 1; 151.72; 152.02, subdivisions 2, 4; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2;
152.023, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.024, subdivision 1; 152.025, subdivisions 1, 2;
181.938, subdivision 2; 181.950, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 8, 13, by adding a
subdivision; 181.951, by adding subdivisions; 181.952, by adding a subdivision;
181.953; 181.954; 181.955; 181.957, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivision 2; 245C.08,
subdivision 1; 256.01, subdivision 18c; 256B.0625, subdivision 13d; 256D.024,
subdivisions 1, 3; 256J.26, subdivisions 1, 3; 273.13, subdivision 24; 275.025,
subdivision 2; 290.0132, subdivision 29; 290.0134, subdivision 19; 297A.61,
subdivision 3; 297A.67, subdivisions 2, 7; 297A.70, subdivisions 2, 18; 297A.99,
by adding a subdivision; 297D.01; 297D.04; 297D.06; 297D.07; 297D.08;
297D.085; 297D.09, subdivision 1a; 297D.10; 297D.11; 340A.412, subdivision
14; 609.135, subdivision 1; 609.5311, subdivision 1; 609.5314, subdivision 1;
609.5316, subdivision 2; 609A.01; 609A.03, subdivisions 5, 9; 609B.425,
subdivision 2; 609B.435, subdivision 2; 624.712, by adding subdivisions; 624.713,
subdivision 1; 624.714, subdivision 6; 624.7142, subdivision 1; 624.7151;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 116J; 116L; 120B;
144; 152; 289A; 295; 340A; 609A; 624; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 342; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 151.72; 152.027,
subdivisions 3, 4; 152.21; 152.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14; 152.23; 152.24; 152.25, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, 4; 152.26;
152.261; 152.27, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 152.28, subdivisions 1, 2, 3;
152.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4; 152.30; 152.31; 152.32, subdivisions 1, 2, 3;
152.33, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 152.34; 152.35; 152.36, subdivisions 1,
1a, 2, 3, 4, 5; 152.37; Minnesota Rules, parts 4770.0100; 4770.0200; 4770.0300;
4770.0400; 4770.0500; 4770.0600; 4770.0800; 4770.0900; 4770.1000; 4770.1100;
4770.1200; 4770.1300; 4770.1400; 4770.1460; 4770.1500; 4770.1600; 4770.1700;
4770.1800; 4770.1900; 4770.2000; 4770.2100; 4770.2200; 4770.2300; 4770.2400;
4770.2700; 4770.2800; 4770.4000; 4770.4002; 4770.4003; 4770.4004; 4770.4005;
4770.4007; 4770.4008; 4770.4009; 4770.4010; 4770.4012; 4770.4013; 4770.4014;
4770.4015; 4770.4016; 4770.4017; 4770.4018; 4770.4030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
meanings given them.
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"Adult-use cannabinoid product" means a
cannabinoid product that is approved for sale by the office or is substantially similar to a
product approved by the office. Adult-use cannabinoid product includes edible cannabinoid
products but does not include medical cannabinoid products.
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"Adult-use cannabis concentrate" means
cannabis concentrate that is approved for sale by the office or is substantially similar to a
product approved by the office. Adult-use cannabis concentrate does not include artificially
derived cannabinoids.
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"Adult-use cannabis flower" means cannabis
flower that is approved for sale by the office or is substantially similar to a product approved
by the office. Adult-use cannabis flower does not include medical cannabis flower, hemp
plant parts, or hemp-derived consumer products.
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"Advertisement" means any written or oral statement,
illustration, or depiction that is intended to promote sales of cannabis flower, cannabinoid
products, lower potency edible products, hemp-derived consumer products, or sales at a
specific cannabis business and includes any newspaper, radio, internet and electronic media,
or television promotion; the distribution of fliers and circulars; and the display of window
and interior signs in a cannabis business. Advertisement does not include a fixed outdoor
sign that meets the requirements in section 342.66, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
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"Artificially derived cannabinoid" means a
cannabinoid extracted from a cannabis plant, cannabis flower, hemp plant, or hemp plant
parts with a chemical makeup that is changed after extraction to create a different cannabinoid
or other chemical compound by applying a catalyst other than heat or light. Artificially
derived cannabinoid includes but is not limited to any tetrahydrocannabinol created from
cannabidiol but does not include cannabis concentrate, cannabinoid products, or hemp-derived
consumer products.
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"Batch" means:
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(1) a specific quantity of cannabis plants that are cultivated from the same seed or plant
stock, are cultivated together, are intended to be harvested together, and receive an identical
propagation and cultivation treatment; or
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(2) a specific quantity of a specific cannabinoid product, lower potency edible product,
artificially derived cannabinoid, or hemp-derived consumer product that is manufactured
at the same time and using the same methods, equipment, and ingredients that is uniform
and intended to meet specifications for identity, strength, purity, and composition, and that
is manufactured, packaged, and labeled according to a single batch production record
executed and documented during the same cycle of manufacture and produced by a
continuous process.
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"Batch number" means a unique numeric or alphanumeric
identifier assigned to a batch of cannabis flower or a batch of cannabinoid product, lower
potency edible product, artificially derived cannabinoid, or hemp-derived consumer product.
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