1.1Senator Nelson moved to amend
S.F. No. 2370 as follows (...):
1.2Page 26, after line 1, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.4 Subdivision 1.
Approval of cannabis flower and products. (a) For the purposes of
1.5this section, "product category" means a type of product that may be sold in different
sizes,
1.6distinct packaging, or at various prices but is still created using the same manufacturing
or
1.7agricultural processes. A new or additional stock keeping unit (SKU) or Universal
Product
1.8Code (UPC) shall not prevent a product from being considered the same type as another
1.9unit. All other terms have the meanings provided in section
342.01.
1.10(b) The office shall approve product categories of cannabis flower, cannabis products,
1.11lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products for retail sale.
1.12(c) The office
may establish must enforce limits on the total THC of cannabis flower,
1.13cannabis products, and hemp-derived consumer products. As used in this paragraph,
"total
1.14THC" means the sum of the percentage by weight of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid multiplied
1.15by 0.877 plus the percentage by weight of all tetrahydrocannabinols.
The office must enforce
1.16the following THC content and potency limitations:
1.17(1) cannabis concentrates, either liquid or solid, marketed for sale in the adult-use
market
1.18must not exceed 30 percent total THC content;
1.19(2) topical and transdermal cannabis and hemp products must not contain more than
500
1.20milligrams of THC;
1.21(3) lower-potency hemp edibles and hemp-derived consumer products must not exceed
1.220.3 percent total THC potency; and
1.23(4) cannabis flower marketed for sale in the adult-use market must not exceed ten
percent
1.24total THC content.
1.25(d) The office must not approve cannabis flower or prerolls that have been infused
with
1.26additional THC or other psychoactive cannabinoids.
1.27(d) (e) The office shall not approve any cannabis product, lower-potency hemp edible,
1.28or hemp-derived consumer product that:
1.29(1) is or appears to be a lollipop or ice cream;
1.30(2) bears the likeness or contains characteristics of a real or fictional person,
animal, or
1.31fruit;
2.1(3) is modeled after a type or brand of products primarily consumed by or marketed
to
2.2children;
2.3(4) is substantively similar to a meat food product; poultry food product as defined
in
2.4section
31A.02, subdivision 10; or a dairy product as defined in section
32D.01, subdivision
2.57;
2.6(5) contains a synthetic cannabinoid;
2.7(6) is made by applying a cannabinoid, including but not limited to an artificially
derived
2.8cannabinoid, to a finished food product that does not contain cannabinoids and is
sold to
2.9consumers, including but not limited to a candy or snack food; or
2.10(7) if the product is an edible cannabis product or lower-potency hemp edible, contains
2.11an ingredient, other than a cannabinoid, that is not approved by the United States
Food and
2.12Drug Administration for use in food."
2.13Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.14Amend the title accordingly
2.15The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.