1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to cannabis;
providing that data reported to the Office of Cannabis
1.3 Management through statewide
monitoring system is not public data; modifying
1.4 provisions related to public
data on cannabis business license applicants and license
1.5 holders; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2024, section 342.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 342.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 Subdivision
1.Not public data. The following data collected, created, or maintained
1.9 by the office are classified
as nonpublic data, as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 9, or
1.10 as private data on individuals,
as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12:
1.11 (1) application data submitted
by an applicant for a cannabis business license or hemp
1.12 business license, other than
the data listed in subdivision 2;
1.13 (2) the identity of a
complainant who has made a report concerning a license holder or
1.14 an applicant that appears in
inactive investigative data unless the complainant consents to
1.15 the disclosure;
1.16 (3) data identifying retail or
wholesale customers of a cannabis business or hemp business;
1.17 and
1.18 (4) data identifying
cannabis workers or hemp workers.; and
1.19 (5) data reported to the
office using the statewide monitoring system established under
1.20 section 342.05.
2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 342.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.2 Subd. 2.Public
data on license applicants. (a) The following application data submitted
2.3 by an applicant for a
cannabis business license or hemp business license are public data:
2.4 (1) the applicant's name and
designated address;
2.5 (2) data disclosing the
ownership and control of the applicant;
2.6 (3) proof of trade name
registration;
2.7 (4) data showing the legal
possession of the premises where the business will operate;
2.8 (5) data describing whether
the volatile chemicals that will be used in any methods of
2.9 extraction or concentration,
if applicable;
2.10 (6) environmental plans;
2.11 (7) the type and number of
other cannabis business licenses or hemp business licenses
2.12 held by the applicant; and
2.13 (8) the name, address,
location, dates, and hours of where any proposed cannabis event
2.14 will take place.
2.15 (b) Scoring and other data
generated by the office in its review of an applicant for a
2.16 cannabis business
license or hemp business license are public data.
2.17 (b) The status of the
applicant's application, except for an applicant's status as a social
2.18 equity applicant, is
public data.
2.19 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 342.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.20 Subd. 3.Public
application data on license holders. Once an applicant for a cannabis
2.21 business license or hemp
business license becomes a license holder, all of the application
2.22 or renewal data that the
license holder had previously submitted to the office are public data
2.23 except that the following data
remain classified as nonpublic data or private data on
2.24 individuals:
2.25 (1) data identifying retail or
wholesale customers of a cannabis business or hemp business;
2.26 (2) data identifying cannabis
workers or hemp workers;
2.27 (3) tax returns, bank account
statements, and other financial account information;
2.28 (4) business plans; and,
including descriptions of sites, security, and operations of the
2.29 license holder;
2.30 (5) data regarding the
license holder's accounting compliance;
3.1 (6) data contained in
vehicle disclosure forms and related documentation required in
3.2 section 342.35,
subdivision 2, clauses (1) and (2); and
3.3 (5) (7)
data classified as nonpublic data or private data on individuals by chapter 13
or
3.4 other applicable law.
