| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to commerce; requiring the Office of Cannabis Management to enforce |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 THC content and potency limitations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 342.06, subdivision 1. |
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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 342.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Approval of cannabis flower and products.(a) For the purposes of |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8this section, "product category" means a type of product that may be sold in different sizes, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9distinct packaging, or at various prices but is still created using the same manufacturing or |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10agricultural processes. A new or additional stock keeping unit (SKU) or Universal Product |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11Code (UPC) shall not prevent a product from being considered the same type as another |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12unit. All other terms have the meanings provided in section 342.01. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (b) The office shall approve product categories of cannabis flower, cannabis products, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products for retail sale. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (c) The office may establish must enforce limits on the total THC of cannabis flower, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16cannabis products, and hemp-derived consumer products. As used in this paragraph, "total |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17THC" means the sum of the percentage by weight of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid multiplied |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18by 0.877 plus the percentage by weight of all tetrahydrocannabinols. The office must enforce |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19the following THC content and potency limitations: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (1) cannabis concentrates, either liquid or solid, marketed for sale in the adult-use market |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21must not exceed 30 percent total THC content; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-03803 as introduced02/17/25 REVISOR BD/KR |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 2174NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: NELSON, Limmer and Abeler) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading03/06/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection 2.1 (2) topical and transdermal cannabis and hemp products must not contain more than 500 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2milligrams of THC; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (3) lower-potency hemp edibles and hemp-derived consumer products must not exceed |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.40.3 percent total THC potency; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5 (4) cannabis flower marketed for sale in the adult-use market must not exceed ten percent |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6total THC content. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 (d) The office must not approve cannabis flower or prerolls that have been infused with |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8additional THC or other psychoactive cannabinoids. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9 (d) (e) The office shall not approve any cannabis product, lower-potency hemp edible, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10or hemp-derived consumer product that: |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11 (1) is or appears to be a lollipop or ice cream; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12 (2) bears the likeness or contains characteristics of a real or fictional person, animal, or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13fruit; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14 (3) is modeled after a type or brand of products primarily consumed by or marketed to |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15children; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16 (4) is substantively similar to a meat food product; poultry food product as defined in |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17section 31A.02, subdivision 10; or a dairy product as defined in section 32D.01, subdivision |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.187; |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.19 (5) contains a synthetic cannabinoid; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20 (6) is made by applying a cannabinoid, including but not limited to an artificially derived |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21cannabinoid, to a finished food product that does not contain cannabinoids and is sold to |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.22consumers, including but not limited to a candy or snack food; or |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.23 (7) if the product is an edible cannabis product or lower-potency hemp edible, contains |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.24an ingredient, other than a cannabinoid, that is not approved by the United States Food and |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.25Drug Administration for use in food. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25-03803 as introduced02/17/25 REVISOR BD/KR |
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