1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to medical cannabis; providing that a person under correctional supervision 
1.3 	may participate in the medical cannabis program without facing sanctions;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 152.32, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 152.32, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4.Probation; supervised release. (a) A court shall not prohibit a person from 
1.9 	participating in the registry program under sections 152.22 to 152.37 as a condition of 
1.10 	probation, parole, pretrial conditional release, or supervised release or revoke a patient's 
1.11 	probation, parole, pretrial conditional release, or supervised release or otherwise sanction 
1.12 	a patient on probation, parole, pretrial conditional release, or supervised release, nor weigh 
1.13 	participation in the registry program, or positive drug test for cannabis components or 
1.14 	metabolites by registry participants, or both, as a factor when considering penalties for 
1.15 	violations of probation, parole, pretrial conditional release, or supervised release.
1.16 	(b) The commissioner of corrections, probation agent, or parole officer shall not prohibit 
1.17 	a person from participating in the registry program under sections 152.22 to 152.37 as a 
1.18 	condition of parole, supervised release, or conditional release or revoke a patient's parole, 
1.19 	supervised release, or conditional release or otherwise sanction a patient on parole, supervised 
1.20 	release, or conditional release solely for participating in the registry program or for a positive 
1.21 	drug test for cannabis components or metabolites.