1.1Senator Pha moved to amend
H.F. No. 4757, the first unofficial engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Page 104, after line 4, insert:
1.4 "Sec. 117. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 342.62, is amended by adding a
1.5subdivision to read:
1.6 Subd. 1a. Appeal to individuals under 21 years of age. For the purposes of this section
1.7and section 342.64, "appeal to individuals under 21 years of age" means any of the
following:
1.8(1) the use of images, including but not limited to any of the following:
1.9(i) images depicting cartoons, toys, or robots;
1.10(ii) images depicting any real or fictional humans; and
1.11(iii) images depicting any fictional animals or creatures;
1.12(2) the use of images depicting fruits or vegetables, except when used to accurately
1.13describe ingredients or flavors contained in a product;
1.14(3) the use of any images bearing a likeness to images, characters, or phrases that
are
1.15popularly used to advertise to children;
1.16(4) the use of any image imitating candy packaging or labeling, or imitating other
1.17packaging or labeling of cereals, sweets, chips, or other food products typically
marketed
1.18to children;
1.19(5) the use of terms "candy" or "candies" or variants in spelling of the term "candy,"
1.20such as "kandy" or "kandee";
1.21(6) the use of brand names or close imitations of brand names of candies, cereals,
sweets,
1.22chips, or other food products typically marketed to children; and
1.23(7) the use of any other image or packaging that could be easily confused with
1.24commercially available foods that do not contain cannabis and are typically marketed
to
1.25children.
1.26 Sec. 118. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 342.62, subdivision 3, is amended
1.27to read:
1.28 Subd. 3.
Packaging prohibitions. (a) Cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency
1.29hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products sold to customers or patients must
not
1.30be packaged in a manner that:
2.1(1) bears a reasonable resemblance to any commercially available product that does
not
2.2contain cannabinoids, whether the manufacturer of the product holds a registered trademark
2.3or has registered the trade dress; or
2.4(2) is designed to appeal to
persons individuals under 21 years of age.
2.5(b) Packaging for cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles,
and
2.6hemp-derived consumer products must not contain or be coated with any perfluoroalkyl
2.7substance.
2.8(c) Edible cannabis products and lower-potency hemp edibles must not be packaged in
2.9a material that is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration
for use
2.10in packaging food."
2.11Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.12Amend the title accordingly
2.13The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.