Legislative Record

• Voted “Yes” on HF600 to legalize cannabis for adult-use in Minnesota
• Co-Author: HF1511 (2021-2022) Cannabis Management Board established; advisory councils established; cannabis use and sales report required; adult cannabis use and possession legalized and limited; cannabis business licensing, inspection, and regulation provided; cannabis and product testing and labelling required; criminal penalties amended; various policies modified; and money appropriated. (clone to HF600, which passed the House of Representatives in 2021)
• Co-Author: HF4387 (2021-2022) Medical cannabis manufacturer registration and registration renewal governing provisions modified
• Responded to the MNisReady Coalition Questionnaire and supports:
  • Full legalization of cannabis for adults over the age of 21
  • A social and racial equity cannabis business licensing program
  • Incentives for cannabis industry economic development in economically depressed communities
  • Preventing “prohibition jurisdictions” throughout the state
  • Rigorous testing, labeling, and packaging requirements
  • Creating a craft market
  • Expungement or other removal of cannabis conviction records for possession and small sale or cultivation crimes
  • Making underage personal possession a petty misdemeanor civil infraction
  • Requiring peace-labor agreements for the cannabis industry
  • Employment and housing protections for consumers
  • Robust changes to the current medical cannabis market
  • Breaking up the current medical cannabis duopoly
• Believes tax revenue should be used with an equity focus as “cannabis prohibition has disproportionately affected black and brown communities – we need to repair that harm,” and also for care related to substance abuse.
• Commits to forgoing campaign contributions from principals of “big cannabis,” those who are multi-state operators focused on restricting markets
• Says: “This is an important issue to me and I welcome supporters of cannabis legalization to be engaged in any way they wish to be.”