A bill filed Tuesday in Alabama seeks to increase the number of medical cannabis dispensary, processor, and integrated facility licenses as lawmakers push to end the legal dispute that has plagued the state’s program since the awarding of licenses was first announced last June, the Alabama Reflector reports. The measure would also require the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) to confirm any licenses granted by the commission from June to December of last year by June 15.
The bill would increase the number of dispensary licenses from four to seven, the number of processor licenses from four to six, and require the AMCC to issue 15 integrated facility licenses, which would allow businesses to cultivate, process, and distribute medical cannabis.
State Sen. David Sessions (R), the bill sponsor, said the bill’s goal “is to try and get the commission out of court.”
Alabama’s medical cannabis licensing process has been plagued by delays:
First, the licensing process was paused due to “potential inconsistencies in the tabulation of scoring data; Then, a lawsuit claimed the AMCC violated the state’s open meetings law; <span
