SF2371

SF2371 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Medical cannabis provisions modification

Related bill: HF1672

AI Generated Summary

This Minnesota Senate bill (S.F. No. 2371) proposes amendments to existing state medical cannabis laws to incorporate provisions for Tribal medical cannabis programs. Key provisions include:

Definition Additions: Establishes definitions for "Tribal medical cannabis board," "Tribal medical cannabis program," and "Tribal medical cannabis program patient," recognizing the authority of federally recognized Tribes to regulate medical cannabis within their jurisdictions.
Home Cultivation Expansion: Allows registered designated caregivers to cultivate up to eight cannabis plants for a patient household, in addition to an allowance for personal adult-use cultivation.
Medical Cannabis Distribution:
- Sets verification and consultation requirements for retail cannabis businesses before distributing medical cannabis products.
- Permits cannabis retailers with a medical cannabis retail endorsement to distribute medical cannabis to Tribal medical cannabis program patients under specific conditions.
- Establishes documentation and reporting requirements when dispensing cannabis to Tribal program patients.
Protections for Patients and Participants:
- Ensures protection for registered patients, caregivers, Tribal medical cannabis program participants, and cannabis professionals from criminal and civil penalties solely for participation in legal medical cannabis programs.
- Prohibits discrimination by schools, landlords, and employers against individuals solely for being enrolled in a medical cannabis program.
- Guarantees that medical cannabis use does not disqualify individuals from receiving medical care (e.g., organ transplants).
- Provides employment protections, prohibiting discrimination based on medical cannabis use unless impairment occurs in the workplace.
- Bars the revocation of parole, supervised release, or conditional release solely for medical cannabis use.
- Creates legal remedies for patients facing discrimination, including the right to sue for damages and injunctive relief.
Security and Compliance:
- Establishes conditions under which medical cannabis can be dispensed to patients in motor vehicles.
- Requires secure handling measures, including surveillance and transaction recording.
- Limits law enforcement access to medical cannabis registry data to cases with valid search warrants.

Overall, this bill expands and clarifies legal protections and regulations regarding medical cannabis, particularly for Tribal medical cannabis programs and their participants, while ensuring compliance with state requirements.

Bill text versions

Introduction PDF file
2nd Engrossment PDF file
1st Engrossment PDF file
1st Engrossment PDF file
2nd Engrossment PDF file

Actions

Date	Chamber	Where	Type	Name	Committee Name
March 09, 2025	Senate	Floor	Action	Introduction and first reading
March 09, 2025	House	Floor	Action	Introduction and first reading
March 09, 2025	Senate	Floor	Action	Referred to	Commerce and Consumer Protection
March 09, 2025	House	Floor	Action	Referred to	Commerce and Consumer Protection
March 19, 2025	Senate	Floor	Action	Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to	Health and Human Services
April 01, 2025	Senate	Floor	Action	Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to	Judiciary and Public Safety
April 06, 2025	Senate	Floor	Action	Comm report: To pass and re-referred to	Commerce and Consumer Protection

Citations

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