Missouri legislators may restart their probe of the state’s slow-moving medical marijuana program.

Rep. Jered Taylor, R-Nixa, the new head of the House Special Committee on Government Oversight, said Thursday he is open to continuing the panel’s investigation, which stalled in March 2020.

Taylor, who was a member of the committee last year, said the investigation left numerous questions unanswered.

The program has drawn vocal criticism and several lawsuits from companies whose bids for medical marijuana business licenses were denied. Complaints have targeted the scoring process and potential conflicts of interest.

Whether Taylor restarts the investigation may depend on whether he feels his questions about the program have been answered in other formats, such as through the court system, he said.

“I know that there’s a lot of lawsuits still pending,” Taylor said. “I’m not sure where we need to go from here.”

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