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Heated public testimony as committee considers HF 2,426 to protect medical market and adjust medical–adult-use rules; A-one amendment adopted, bill laid over
Summary
House members adopted an A-one amendment to Representative Nolan West's House File 2,426 on April 2 and laid the bill over; public testimony that day sharply divided operators, small-business applicants and patient advocates about market structure for medical and adult-use cannabis.
Representative Nolan West moved House File 2,426 before the committee April 2 and the committee adopted the author's A-one amendment before taking public testimony on the bill. The bill and amendment address continuity of the medical cannabis market as Minnesota opens adult-use sales, adjusting canopy limits, supply-chain rules, and related operational permissions for "medical-combination" license holders.
Representative West said the amendment and bill aim to preserve medical patient access while allowing a viable market structure for both medical and adult-use commerce. He described changes including lowering a canopy cap to 60,000 square feet (from an earlier 90,000 number discussed in negotiations) and removing a…
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