Local unit of government allowed to prohibit cannabis business operation within 500 feet of congregate housing for children, congregate housing for transplant recipients, and hospitals.

HF 3559 amends Minnesota law to allow local governments to prohibit cannabis businesses within 500 feet of congregate housing for children, congregate housing for transplant recipients, and hospitals. This expands existing restrictions that previously limited cannabis businesses to 1,000 feet from schools and 500 feet from daycares. The bill does not ban cannabis businesses generally but adds these new location-based restrictions for local zoning decisions. It directly affects cannabis businesses seeking to operate near these specific facilities and gives local governments additional authority to regulate business locations. The amendment modifies Minnesota Statutes section 342.13, which governs local control over cannabis business operations.