Georgia lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to study the legalization of medical marijuana.
General Assembly leaders began this week to appoint committee members charged with making recommendations on the issue, after the state House and Senate failed to reach a compromise in the waning hours of this year’s legislative session. State Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, will lead the committee along with Senate Health and Human Services Chairwoman Renee Unterman, R-Buford.
The appointments come amid a flurry of announcements from the state Capitol over assignments to a number of panels. Some study committees spend state money to look into issues of debatable value, such as self-driving cars. Others will tackle serious issues, such as the state’s controversial attempts to store water in underground aquifers.
In the House, Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, named lawmakers to panels that will study ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, as well as how the state compensates people who are wrongfully convicted of crimes.
Several joint House and Senate study committees have yet to be named, including ones that will study transportation issues and the Common Core education initiative.
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