Two Georgia General Assembly committees on Wednesday weighed bills that could majorly change the face of medical marijuana licensing litigation in Georgia by awarding medical marijuana production licenses to companies that were rejected in the goriginal bidding process.

After extensive testimony from opponents, the original legislation, House Bill 196, was amended to keep its open records provisions that would bring bidders’ redacted applications in line with the Georgia Open Records Act but got rid of the section that would add additional licenses.

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