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HF4229 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Use of proceeds from the cannabis gross receipts tax modified, cannabis youth grant program established, and report required.

Related bill: SF4329

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

  • The bill aims to change how money from the cannabis gross receipts tax is used, create a Cannabis Youth Grant Program, require a report about the program, and codify the new rules into Minnesota law.

Main Provisions

  • Revenues from the cannabis gross receipts tax (including penalties and interest) must be deposited into the general fund.
  • Of those deposited revenues, 10% must be annually appropriated to the commissioner of children, youth and families for the cannabis youth grant program (established in a separate section of law, section 342.71).
  • The bill adds codified language creating the Cannabis Youth Grant Program under Minnesota Statutes (chapter 342) and ties it to the 10% funding rule.
  • The bill requires reporting on the program (specific reporting details are not provided in the excerpt).

Significant Changes to Existing Law

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement section 295.81 subdivision 10 to specify that cannabis tax revenues (including penalties and interest) go to the general fund.
  • Establishes a mandatory annual appropriation of 10% of those revenues to the commissioner of children, youth and families for the cannabis youth grant program.
  • Creates or codifies the Cannabis Youth Grant Program in section 342.71 and adds related reporting requirements.

Additional Notes

  • The changes explicitly connect cannabis tax proceeds to a youth-focused grant program, funded from the general fund, with a requirement to report on the program’s outcomes or status.

Relevant Terms - cannabis gross receipts tax - revenues - penalties and interest - general fund - 10% appropriation - commissioner of children, youth and families - cannabis youth grant program - Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement section 295.81 subdivision 10 - Minnesota Statutes chapter 342 - section 342.71 - reporting requirement

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 12, 2026HouseActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toCommerce Finance and Policy

Citations

 
[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Adds an annual appropriation of ten percent of deposited revenues to the commissioner of children youth and families for the cannabis youth grant program under section 342.71."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill amends Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement section 295.81, subdivision 10, to require deposit of cannabis tax revenues into the general fund and allocate ten percent to the cannabis youth grant program.",
      "modified": [
        "Subd. 10 is amended to specify deposit of cannabis tax revenues into the general fund and to allocate ten percent to the cannabis youth grant program."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "295.81",
    "subdivision": "subd.10"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill references Minnesota Statutes section 342.71 to establish the cannabis youth grant program funded by the ten percent appropriation from cannabis tax revenues deposited under 295.81, subd. 10.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "342.71",
    "subdivision": ""
  }
]

Progress through the legislative process

17%
In Committee

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