1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to commerce; requiring the Office of Cannabis Management to enforce
1.3 THC content and potency limitations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.4 342.06, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1.Approval of cannabis flower and products.(a) For the purposes of
1.8this section, "product category" means a type of product that may be sold in different sizes,
1.9distinct packaging, or at various prices but is still created using the same manufacturing or
1.10agricultural processes. A new or additional stock keeping unit (SKU) or Universal Product
1.11Code (UPC) shall not prevent a product from being considered the same type as another
1.12unit. All other terms have the meanings provided in section 342.01.
1.13 (b) The office shall approve product categories of cannabis flower, cannabis products,
1.14lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products for retail sale.
1.15 (c) The office may establish must enforce limits on the total THC of cannabis flower,
1.16cannabis products, and hemp-derived consumer products. As used in this paragraph, "total
1.17THC" means the sum of the percentage by weight of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid multiplied
1.18by 0.877 plus the percentage by weight of all tetrahydrocannabinols. The office must enforce
1.19the following THC content and potency limitations:
1.20 (1) cannabis concentrates, either liquid or solid, marketed for sale in the adult-use market
1.21must not exceed 30 percent total THC content;
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2174NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: NELSON, Limmer and Abeler)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/06/2025
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection 2.1 (2) topical and transdermal cannabis and hemp products must not contain more than 500
2.2milligrams of THC;
2.3 (3) lower-potency hemp edibles and hemp-derived consumer products must not exceed
2.40.3 percent total THC potency; and
2.5 (4) cannabis flower marketed for sale in the adult-use market must not exceed ten percent
2.6total THC content.
2.7 (d) The office must not approve cannabis flower or prerolls that have been infused with
2.8additional THC or other psychoactive cannabinoids.
2.9 (d) (e) The office shall not approve any cannabis product, lower-potency hemp edible,
2.10or hemp-derived consumer product that:
2.11 (1) is or appears to be a lollipop or ice cream;
2.12 (2) bears the likeness or contains characteristics of a real or fictional person, animal, or
2.13fruit;
2.14 (3) is modeled after a type or brand of products primarily consumed by or marketed to
2.15children;
2.16 (4) is substantively similar to a meat food product; poultry food product as defined in
2.17section 31A.02, subdivision 10; or a dairy product as defined in section 32D.01, subdivision
2.187;
2.19 (5) contains a synthetic cannabinoid;
2.20 (6) is made by applying a cannabinoid, including but not limited to an artificially derived
2.21cannabinoid, to a finished food product that does not contain cannabinoids and is sold to
2.22consumers, including but not limited to a candy or snack food; or
2.23 (7) if the product is an edible cannabis product or lower-potency hemp edible, contains
2.24an ingredient, other than a cannabinoid, that is not approved by the United States Food and
2.25Drug Administration for use in food.
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