Bill > HF2426

This bill modifies regulations for medical cannabis combination businesses in Minnesota, primarily expanding their allowable plant cultivation area from 60,000 to 90,000 square feet. The bill provides medical cannabis combination businesses with increased flexibility by allowing them to request additional plant canopy area if they can demonstrate legitimate market needs, compliance with existing license requirements, cultivation capabilities, and a history of regulatory compliance. The legislation also expands the businesses' authorized activities, including new provisions for manufacturing, packaging, labeling, transporting, and delivering various cannabis and hemp products to different entities such as medical cannabis processors, retailers, other cannabis businesses, and patients in the registry program. The bill removes previous restrictions on manufacturing size limitations and requires these businesses to maintain a reliable, ongoing supply of medical cannabis to the registry program. The changes aim to provide more operational latitude for medical cannabis businesses while maintaining regulatory oversight, with the new provisions becoming effective the day following final enactment.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2426&ssn=0&y=2025