Several medical marijuana bills are at the Minnesota Legislature. SF 1641 / HF 1818 are the main bills in the Senate & House.
Senate Bill:
SF 1641 (175 KB) "Permitting the medical use of marijuana... specifying certain limitations... [establishing] registry identification card... authorizing cities to enact zoning regulations that limit use of land for medical marijuana dispensaries..." Introduced by Sen. Scott Dibble (Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party), received first reading and referred to Health, Human Services and Housing Committee (May 2, 2013)
Sponsors: Dibble ; Petersen ; Goodwin ; Tomassoni ; Eken
Bill info: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=SF1641&y=2013&ssn=0&b=senate
House Bill:
HF 1818 (175 KB) "Marijuana medical use permitted, fees set, rulemaking authorized, criminal and civil penalties provided, and money appropriated." Introduced by Rep. Carly Melin (Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party), received and first reading and referred to Health and Human Services Policy (May 2, 2013)
Sponsors (maximum!): Melin ; Hackbarth ; Lillie ; Paymar ; Kieffer ; Huntley ; Schoen ; Allen ; Johnson, S. ; Simon ; Hausman ; Carlson ; Sundin ; Freiberg ; Bly ; Rosenthal ; Anzelc ; Newton ; Faust ; Metsa ; Mahoney ; Masin ; Clark ; Hornstein ; Mariani ; Dehn, R. ; Laine ; Moran ; Morgan ; Ward, J.A. ; Slocum ; Hansen ; Hilstrom ; Liebling ; Benson, J.
Bill info: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=HF1818&y=2013&ssn=0&b=house
House Bill: (No companion Senate bill)
HF 2099 (175 KB) "Marijuana medical use permitted, fees set, rulemaking authorized, criminal and civil penalties provided, and money appropriated." Introduced by Rep. Andrew Falk (Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party), Rep. Phyllis Kahn (DFL), and Rep. Jay McNamar (DFL), referred to Health and Human Services Policy (Jan. 13, 2014)
Falk ; Kahn ; McNamar.
Bill info: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=HF2099&y=2013&ssn=0&b=house
House Bill:
HF 2383: (The 'overflow bill' hosts extra sponsors, similar to HF1818). Marijuana medical use permitted, fees set, rulemaking authorized, criminal and civil penalties provided, and money appropriated. Sponsors: FitzSimmons ; Falk ; McNamar ; Garofalo ; Fischer ; Kelly.
Bill info: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=house&f=HF2383&ssn=0&y=2014
Bill text: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2383&version=0&sessio...
- See also the Industrial hemp bills currently at the MN Legislature.
- Further background on medical marijuana is available at http://iowamedicalmarijuana.org/
