1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; defining minimum risk pesticide; allowing the use of 
1.3 	minimum risk pesticide for growing medical cannabis;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2022, section 18B.01, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new 
1.5 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 18B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 14c.Minimum risk pesticide. "Minimum risk pesticide" means a pesticide or 
1.10 	class of pesticides that is exempt from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's 
1.11 	registration requirements under section 25(b) of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
1.12 	Rodenticide Act in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 152.25(f).

1.13 	Sec. 2. [18B.091] PESTICIDES ON MEDICAL CANNABIS.
1.14 	A person working on behalf of an approved medical cannabis manufacturer may apply 
1.15 	minimum risk pesticide for growing medical cannabis as defined in section 152.22, 
1.16 	subdivision 6, unless:
1.17 	(1) the commissioner determines that the product label prohibits the use of minimum 
1.18 	risk pesticide on medical cannabis;
1.19 	(2) the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, determines that 
1.20 	the continued use of minimum risk pesticide would cause unreasonable adverse effects on 
1.21 	human health; or
2.1 	(3) the commissioner determines that the continued use of minimum risk pesticide would 
2.2 	cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.