Minnesota SF 4204: Psilocybin regulation provisions

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to controlled substances; authorizing the cultivation, possession,​
1.3 transportation, and personal use of psilocybin by individuals 21 years of age or​
1.4 older; establishing protections; establishing public education and harm reduction​
1.5 programs; establishing a Psychedelic Medicine Board; providing criminal penalties;​
1.6 authorizing rulemaking; authorizing civil actions; appropriating money; amending​
1.7 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 152.021, subdivision 2; 152.022, subdivision​
1.8 2; 152.024, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,​
1.9 chapter 152.​
1.10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.11 Section 1. PURPOSE.​
1.12 The purpose of this act is to eliminate criminal and civil penalties for the personal use​
1.13 and possession of psilocybin by adults age 21 and older in Minnesota, and in so doing reduce​
1.14 the burden on the criminal justice system, promote harm reduction, and enable individuals​
1.15 to make personal decisions regarding the use of psilocybin without fear of prosecution.​
1.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
1.17 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of a controlled substance crime in​
1.18 the first degree if:​
1.19 (1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams​
1.20 or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine;​
1.21 (2) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams​
1.22 or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine and:​
1​Sec. 2.​
25-04757 as introduced​03/17/25 REVISOR KLL/NS​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4204​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: OUMOU VERBETEN and Maye Quade)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6558​03/09/2026​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​

2.1 (i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or​
2.2 uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a​
2.3 firearm; or​
2.4 (ii) the offense involves two aggravating factors;​
2.5 (3) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams​
2.6 or more, or 100 dosage units or more, containing heroin or fentanyl;​
2.7 (4) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 500 grams​
2.8 or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, or methamphetamine;​
2.9 (5) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 500 grams​
2.10 or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, or hallucinogen or, if the controlled​
2.11 substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 500 or more dosage units, except as provided​
2.12 for in section 152.41; or​
2.13 (6) the person unlawfully possesses:​
2.14 (i) 50 kilograms or more of cannabis flower;​
2.15 (ii) ten kilograms or more of cannabis concentrate; or​
2.16 (iii) edible cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer​
2.17 products, or any combination of those infused with more than one kilogram of​
2.18 tetrahydrocannabinols.​
2.19 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may​
2.20 not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture​
2.21 contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid.​
2.22 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.022, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
2.23 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the​
2.24 second degree if:​
2.25 (1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams​
2.26 or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine;​
2.27 (2) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams​
2.28 or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine and:​
2.29 (i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or​
2.30 uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a​
2.31 firearm; or​
2​Sec. 3.​
25-04757 as introduced​03/17/25 REVISOR KLL/NS​

3.1 (ii) the offense involves three aggravating factors;​
3.2 (3) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of six grams​
3.3 or more, or 50 dosage units or more, containing heroin or fentanyl;​
3.4 (4) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams​
3.5 or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, or methamphetamine;​
3.6 (5) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams​
3.7 or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, or hallucinogen or, if the controlled​
3.8 substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 100 or more dosage units, except as provided​
3.9 for in section 152.41; or​
3.10 (6) the person unlawfully possesses:​
3.11 (i) 25 kilograms or more of