Cannabis license holders allowed to transport products to testing facilities.

A bill for an act

relating to cannabis; allowing certain cannabis license holders to transport products

to testing facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.31, subdivision

1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 342.28, subdivision 1; 342.29,

subdivision 1; 342.30, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 342.28, subdivision 1, is amended

to read:

Subdivision 1.

Authorized actions.

A cannabis microbusiness license, consistent with

the specific license endorsement or endorsements, entitles the license holder to perform any

or all of the following within the limits established by this section:

(1) grow cannabis plants from seed or immature plant to mature plant and harvest

cannabis flower from a mature plant;

(2) make cannabis concentrate;

(3) make hemp concentrate, including hemp concentrate with a delta-9

tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than 0.3 percent as measured by weight;

(4) manufacture artificially derived cannabinoids;

(5) manufacture adult-use cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and

hemp-derived consumer products for public consumption;

(6) purchase immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products,

lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products from another cannabis

microbusiness, a cannabis mezzobusiness, a cannabis cultivator, a cannabis manufacturer,

a cannabis wholesaler, a medical cannabis combination business, a lower-potency hemp

edible manufacturer, or a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler;

(7) purchase hemp plant parts and propagules from an industrial hemp grower licensed

under chapter 18K;

(8) purchase hemp concentrate from an industrial hemp processor licensed under chapter

18K;

(9) purchase cannabis concentrate, hemp concentrate, and artificially derived cannabinoids

from another cannabis microbusiness, a cannabis mezzobusiness, a cannabis manufacturer,

or a cannabis wholesaler for use in manufacturing adult-use cannabis products, lower-potency

hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products;

(10) package and label adult-use cannabis flower, adult-use cannabis products,

lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products for sale to customers;

(11) sell immature cannabis plants and seedlings, adult-use cannabis flower, adult-use

cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer products, and

other products authorized by law to other cannabis businesses and to customers;

(12) operate an establishment that permits on-site consumption of edible cannabis

products and lower-potency hemp edibles;
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(13) transport cannabis products and hemp-derived consumer products to a cannabis

testing facility for testing purposes; and

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perform other actions approved by the office.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 342.29, subdivision 1, is amended

to read:

Subdivision 1.

Authorized actions.

A cannabis mezzobusiness license, consistent with

the specific license endorsement or endorsements, entitles the license holder to perform any

or all of the following within the limits established by this section:

(1) grow cannabis plants from seed or immature plant to mature plant and harvest

cannabis flower from a mature plant for use as adult-use cannabis flower or for use in

adult-use cannabis products;

(2) grow cannabis plants from seed or immature plant to mature plant and harvest

cannabis flower from a mature plant for use as medical cannabis flower or for use in medical

cannabinoid products;

(3) make cannabis concentrate;

(4) make hemp concentrate, including hemp concentrate with a delta-9

tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than 0.3 percent as measured by weight;

(5) manufacture artificially derived cannabinoids;

(6) manufacture adult-use cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and

hemp-derived consumer products for public consumption;

(7) process medical cannabinoid products;

(8) purchase immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products,

lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products from a cannabis

microbusiness, another cannabis mezzobusiness, a cannabis cultivator, a cannabis

manufacturer, a cannabis wholesaler, a medical cannabis combination business, a

lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer, or a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler;

(9) purchase cannabis concentrate, hemp concentrate, and artificially derived cannabinoids

from a cannabis microbusiness, another cannabis mezzobusiness, a cannabis manufacturer,

or a cannabis wholesaler for use in manufacturing adult-use cannabis products, lower-potency

hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products;

(10) purchase hemp plant parts and propagules from a licensed hemp grower licensed

under chapter 18K;

(11) purchase hemp concentrate from an industrial hemp processor licensed under chapter

18K;

(12) package and label adult-use cannabis flower, adult-use cannabis products,

lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products for sale to customers;

(13) sell immature cannabis plants and seedlings, adult-use cannabis flower, adult-use

cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer products, and

other products authorized by law to other cannabis businesses and to customers;
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(14) transport cannabis products and hemp-derived consumer products to a cannabis

testing facility for testing purposes; and

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perform other actions approved by the office.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 342.30, subdivision 1, is amended

to read:

Subdivision 1.

Authorized actions.

A cannabis cultivator license entitles the license

holder to:

(1) grow cannabis plants within the approved amount of space from seed or immature

plant to mature plant;

(2) harvest cannabis flower from a mature plant;

(3) package and label immature cannabis plants and seedlings and cannabis flower for

sale to other cannabis businesses;

(4) sell immature cannabis plants and seedlings and cannabis flower to other cannabis

businesses;

(5) transport cannabis flower to a cannabis manufacturer located on the same premises;
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(6) transport cannabis products and hemp-derived consumer products to a cannabis

testing facility for testing purposes; and

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perform other actions approved by the office.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Authorized actions.

A cannabis manufacturer license, consistent with

the specific license endorsement or endorsements, entitles the license holder to:

(1) purchase cannabis flower, cannabis products, hemp plant parts, hemp concentrate,

and artificially derived cannabinoids from a cannabis microbusiness, a cannabis

mezzobusiness, a cannabis cultivator, another cannabis manufacturer, or a cannabis

wholesaler;

(2) purchase hemp plant parts and propagules from an industrial hemp grower licensed

under chapter 18K;

(3) purchase hemp concentrate from an industrial hemp processor licensed under chapter

18K;

(4) accept cannabis flower from unlicensed persons who are at least 21 years of age

provided that the cannabis manufacturer does not accept more than two ounces from an

individual on a single occasion;

(5) make cannabis concentrate;

(6) make hemp concentrate, including hemp concentrate with a delta-9

tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than 0.3 percent as measured by weight;

(7) manufacture artificially derived cannabinoids;

(8) manufacture adult-use cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and

hemp-derived consumer products for public consumption;

(9) package and label adult-use cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and

hemp-derived consumer products for sale to customers;

(10) sell cannabis concentrate, hemp concentrate, artificially derived cannabinoids,

cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products to

other cannabis businesses;
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(11) transport cannabis products and hemp-derived consumer products to a cannabis

testing facility for testing purposes; and

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perform other actions approved by the office.