HF 1584

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/13/2023 01:06pm

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; defining minimum risk pesticide; allowing the use of
minimum risk pesticide for growing medical cannabis; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, section 18B.01, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new
law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 18B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 14c. new text end

new text begin Minimum risk pesticide. new text end

new text begin "Minimum risk pesticide" means a pesticide or
class of pesticides that is exempt from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's
registration requirements under section 25(b) of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 152.25(f).
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [18B.091] PESTICIDES ON MEDICAL CANNABIS.
new text end

new text begin A person working on behalf of an approved medical cannabis manufacturer may apply
minimum risk pesticide for growing medical cannabis as defined in section 152.22,
subdivision 6, unless:
new text end

new text begin (1) the commissioner determines that the product label prohibits the use of minimum
risk pesticide on medical cannabis;
new text end

new text begin (2) the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, determines that
the continued use of minimum risk pesticide would cause unreasonable adverse effects on
human health; or
new text end

new text begin (3) the commissioner determines that the continued use of minimum risk pesticide would
cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
new text end