HF 308
Authors: Reps. Jess Hanson, DFL-Burnsville, and Aisha Gomez, DFL-Minneapolis
Senate companion bill: SF 209
Description: HF 308 would repeal a law requiring drug dealers to purchase tax stamps from the Department of Revenue for illegal drugs they sell. Peter Callaghan of MinnPost reports “[t]he tax raises very little money and sales appear to be from people who consider them collectors items more than drug dealers.”
HF 752
Authors: Reps. Kristin Robbins, R-Maple Grove, and Peggy Scott, R-Andover
Senate companion bill: SF 2142
Description: HF 752 would allow local governments to prohibit retail marijuana sales and ban licensed cannabis businesses from operating within their jurisdictions. Local governments would also be allowed to enact interim ordinances restricting or prohibiting the operation of cannabis businesses for up to two years.
The bill would require the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to refund any license application fees to applicants who were granted license preapproval for a cannabis business in a jurisdiction where such businesses are prohibited.
HF 755
Author: Robbins
Senate companion bill: SF 556
Description: HF 755 would require the OCM to limit the “total THC” content (using a formula for calculating potency that combines the amounts of Delta-9 THC and THCA) of cannabis flower, other cannabis products as well as lower-potency, hemp-derived products and edibles. It would ban flavored smokable cannabis products and vapes. The bill would also ban advertisements that promote the consumption of alcohol while consuming cannabis or lower-potency, hemp-derived products.
HF 1254
Author: Rep. Nolan West, R-Blaine
Senate companion bill: None
Description: HF 1254 covers a lot of ground. It would add tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) to the list of authorized nonintoxicating cannabinoids for lower-potency, hemp-derived edibles, which also include CBD, CBN and CBC. It would raise the limit on authorized cannabinoids other than Delta-9 THC in lower-potency hemp edibles from 25 milligrams to 50 milligrams per serving. It would require that any potency limit established for cannabis concentrates be at least 90% total THC.
The bill would also require that production limits set by the OCM be no less than the equivalent of 20,000 pounds of cannabis flower for cannabis microbusinesses and 60,000 pounds for mezzobusinesses.
Licensed cannabis cultivators would be permitted to sell clones, seedlings and flower to other licensed cannabis businesses.
Lower-potency hemp edible manufacturers would be allowed to make and distribute products for sale outside of Minnesota that contain cannabinoids that are not permitted in lower-potency hemp edibles for sale in the state, as long as those products are kept separate from all lower-potency hemp edibles and the packaging clearly states that they are not for sale in Minnesota.
HF 1615
Author: Rep. Zack Stephenson, DFL-Coon Rapids
Senate companion bill: None
Description: HF 1615 would limit the amount of Delta-9 THC in cannabis or hemp-derived beverages to 10 milligrams per container.
HF 1735
Authors: West and Stephenson
Senate companion bill: None
Description: HF 1735 would allow liquor wholesalers that register with the OCM to buy, sell, transport and import lower-potency hemp edibles.
"The intent here is for the liquor wholesalers to be able to wholesale hemp products but not be associated with a cannabis license," West said in an email. "There is only a cannabis license for wholesaling and since they are federally licensed, they want to stay specifically in the federally legal hemp space."
