SF 4402

03/05/26  REVISOR  EB/MI  26-06096  as introduced
  SENATE
  STATE OF MINNESOTA
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION  S.F. No. 4402
  (SENATE AUTHORS: DIBBLE and Port)
  DATE       D-PG  OFFICIAL STATUS
  03/12/2026      6667 Introduction and first reading
  Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection
  03/17/2026      6756 Author added Port
  03/18/2026      6782 Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
  04/07/2026      7202 Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection
  See SF4401
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to cannabis; providing that data reported to the Office of Cannabis
1.3Management through statewide monitoring system is not public data; modifying
1.4provisions related to public data on cannabis business license applicants and license
1.5holders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
1.6    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8Subdivision 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.
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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.; and
2.15     (9) the status of the applicant's application, except for an applicant's status as a social
2.16 equity applicant.
2.17     (b) Scoring and other data generated by the office in its review of an applicant for a
2.18 cannabis business license or hemp business license are 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;
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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.
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