Bill HF4570, SF4876

1.1          A bill for an act
1.2          relating to cannabis; increasing the cannabis microbusiness outdoor cultivation
1.3          limit;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.28, subdivision 2.
1.4          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5          Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.28, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6                          Subd. 2.Size limitations. (a) A cannabis microbusiness that cultivates cannabis at an
1.7          indoor facility may cultivate up to 5,000 square feet of plant canopy. The office may adjust
1.8          plant canopy limits for licensed businesses upward to meet market demand consistent with
1.9          the goals identified in section 342.02, subdivision 1. In each licensing period, the office
1.10       may adjust plant canopy limits upward or downward for licenses that will be issued in that
1.11       period to meet market demand consistent with the goals identified in section 342.02,
1.12       subdivision 1, except that the office must not impose a limit of less than 5,000 square feet
1.13       of plant canopy.
1.14       (b) A cannabis microbusiness that cultivates cannabis at an outdoor location may cultivate
1.15       up to one-half one acre of mature, flowering plants. The office may increase the limit for
1.16       licensed businesses to meet market demand consistent with the goals identified in section
1.17       342.02, subdivision 1. In each licensing period, the office may adjust the limit upward or
1.18       downward for licenses that will be issued in that period to meet market demand consistent
1.19       with the goals identified in section 342.02, subdivision 1, except that the office must not
1.20       impose a limit of less than one-half one acre of mature, flowering plants.
1.21       (c) The office shall establish a limit on the manufacturing of cannabis products,
1.22       lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products a cannabis microbusiness
1.23       that manufactures such products may perform. The limit must be equivalent to the amount
2.1          of cannabis flower that can be harvested from a facility with a plant canopy of 5,000 square
2.2          feet in a year, but may be increased if the office expands the allowable area of cultivation
2.3          under paragraph (a).
2.4          (d) A cannabis microbusiness with the appropriate endorsement may operate one retail
2.5          location.