The Missouri House voted Tuesday afternoon to require state regulators to turn over ownership information for businesses granted with medical cannabis licenses to legislative oversight committees.
The amendment, which was approved 82-59, was sponsored by Rep. Peter Merideth, D-St. Louis. He said the Department of Health and Senior Service’s decision to deem ownership records confidential has caused problems in providing oversight of the program.
Tuesday’s vote came a day after analysis by The Independent and the Missourian of the 192 dispensary licenses issued by the state found several instances where a single entity was connected to more than five dispensary licenses.
According to the constitution, the state can’t issue more than five dispensary licenses to any entity under substantially common control, ownership or management.
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