| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to cannabis; eliminating the prohibition on certain advertising on billboards; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 342.01, subdivision 5; 342.64, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.64, subdivision 2. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.01, subdivision 5, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 5.Advertisement."Advertisement" means any written or oral statement, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8illustration, or depiction that is intended to promote sales of cannabis flower, cannabis |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer products, or sales at a |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10specific cannabis business or hemp business and includes any newspaper, radio, Internet |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11and electronic media, or television promotion; the distribution of fliers and circulars; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12the display of window and interior signs in a cannabis business. Advertisement does not |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13include a fixed outdoor sign that meets the requirements in section 342.64, subdivision 2, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14paragraph (b). |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.64, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 Subd. 3.Audience under 21 years of age.Except as provided in subdivision 2, A |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17cannabis business, hemp business, or other person shall not publish or cause to be published |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18an advertisement for a cannabis business, a hemp business, cannabis flower, a cannabis |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19product, a lower-potency hemp edible, or a hemp-derived consumer product in any print |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20publication or on radio, television, or any other medium if 30 percent or more of the audience |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21of that medium is reasonably expected to be individuals who are under 21 years of age, as |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22determined by reliable, current audience composition data. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR SS/VJ 25-0444602/27/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 2104 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 31 | 31 | | Authored by Nash03/10/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy 2.1 Sec. 3. REPEALER. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.64, subdivision 2, is repealed. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Sec. 3. |
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| 35 | 35 | | REVISOR SS/VJ 25-0444602/27/25 342.64 ADVERTISEMENT. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Subd. 2.Outdoor advertisements; cannabis business signs.(a) Except as provided in paragraph |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c), an outdoor advertisement of a cannabis business, a hemp business, cannabis flower, a cannabis |
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| 38 | 38 | | product, a lower-potency hemp edible, or a hemp-derived consumer product is prohibited. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) Cannabis businesses and hemp businesses may erect up to two fixed outdoor signs on the |
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| 40 | 40 | | exterior of the building or property of the cannabis business or hemp business. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) The prohibition under paragraph (a) does not apply to an outdoor advertisement for a hemp |
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| 42 | 42 | | business, or the goods or services the business offers, that is not related to the manufacture or sale |
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| 43 | 43 | | of lower-potency hemp edibles and does not include an image, description, or any reference to the |
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| 44 | 44 | | manufacture or sale of lower-potency hemp edibles. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1R |
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| 46 | 46 | | APPENDIX |
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| 47 | 47 | | Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-04446 |
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