SF 4876
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/27/2026 09:15 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to cannabis; increasing the cannabis microbusiness outdoor cultivation
limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.28, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.28, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Size limitations.
(a) A cannabis microbusiness that cultivates cannabis at an
indoor facility may cultivate up to 5,000 square feet of plant canopy. The office may adjust
plant canopy limits for licensed businesses upward to meet market demand consistent with
the goals identified in section 342.02, subdivision 1. In each licensing period, the office
may adjust plant canopy limits upward or downward for licenses that will be issued in that
period to meet market demand consistent with the goals identified in section 342.02,
subdivision 1, except that the office must not impose a limit of less than 5,000 square feet
of plant canopy.
(b) A cannabis microbusiness that cultivates cannabis at an outdoor location may cultivate
up to deleted text begin one-halfdeleted text end new text begin onenew text end acre of mature, flowering plants. The office may increase the limit for
licensed businesses to meet market demand consistent with the goals identified in section
342.02, subdivision 1. In each licensing period, the office may adjust the limit upward or
downward for licenses that will be issued in that period to meet market demand consistent
with the goals identified in section 342.02, subdivision 1, except that the office must not
impose a limit of less than deleted text begin one-halfdeleted text end new text begin onenew text end acre of mature, flowering plants.
(c) The office shall establish a limit on the manufacturing of cannabis products,
lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products a cannabis microbusiness
that manufactures such products may perform. The limit must be equivalent to the amount
of cannabis flower that can be harvested from a facility with a plant canopy of 5,000 square
feet in a year, but may be increased if the office expands the allowable area of cultivation
under paragraph (a).
(d) A cannabis microbusiness with the appropriate endorsement may operate one retail
location.