Data reported to the Office of Cannabis Management through statewide monitoring system is not public data provision

A bill for an act

relating to cannabis; providing that data reported to the Office of Cannabis

Management through statewide monitoring system is not public data; modifying

provisions related to public data on cannabis business license applicants and license

holders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Not public data.

The following data collected, created, or maintained

by the office are classified as nonpublic data, as defined by section
13.02, subdivision 9
, or

as private data on individuals, as defined by section
13.02, subdivision 12
:

(1) application data submitted by an applicant for a cannabis business license or hemp

business license, other than the data listed in subdivision 2;

(2) the identity of a complainant who has made a report concerning a license holder or

an applicant that appears in inactive investigative data unless the complainant consents to

the disclosure;

(3) data identifying retail or wholesale customers of a cannabis business or hemp business;
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and
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(4) data identifying cannabis workers or hemp workers
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.
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; and
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(5) data reported to the office using the statewide monitoring system established under

section 342.05.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Public data on license applicants.

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(a)
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The following application data submitted

by an applicant for a cannabis business license or hemp business license are public data:

(1) the applicant's name and designated address;

(2) data disclosing the ownership and control of the applicant;

(3) proof of trade name registration;

(4) data showing the legal possession of the premises where the business will operate;

(5) data describing
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whether
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the
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volatile chemicals
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that
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will be used in any methods of

extraction or concentration
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, if applicable
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;

(6) environmental plans;

(7) the type and number of other cannabis business licenses or hemp business licenses

held by the applicant;
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and
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(8) the name, address, location, dates, and hours of where any proposed cannabis event

will take place
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.
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; and
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(9) the status of the applicant's application, except for an applicant's status as a social

equity applicant.

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(b) Scoring and other data generated by the office in its review of an applicant for a

cannabis business license or hemp business license are public data.

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Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Public application data on license holders.

Once an applicant for a cannabis

business license or hemp business license becomes a license holder, all of the application
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or renewal
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data that the license holder had previously submitted to the office are public data

except that the following data remain classified as nonpublic data or private data on

individuals:

(1) data identifying retail or wholesale customers of a cannabis business or hemp business;

(2) data identifying cannabis workers or hemp workers;

(3) tax returns, bank account statements, and other financial account information;

(4) business plans
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; and
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, including descriptions of sites, security, and operations of the

license holder;

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(5) data regarding the license holder's accounting compliance;

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(6) data contained in vehicle disclosure forms and related documentation required in

section 342.35, subdivision 2, clauses (1) and (2); and

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(5)
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(7)
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data classified as nonpublic data or private data on individuals by chapter 13 or

other applicable law.