Reversing an earlier decision, Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board restored more stringent residency requirements for those hoping to take part in the state’s commercial cannabis industry during a brief meeting Tuesday morning.

The amendment adopted Tuesday reverts Alaska residency requirements to Permanent Fund dividend eligibility, which, among other qualifications, requires a person be physically present in the state.

After little discussion, the amendment passed unanimously.

The decision comes after much back and forth regarding how the fledgling legal cannabis industry should take shape in Alaska.

The first draft of Alaska marijuana regulations matched residency to PFD requirements. But at its meeting on Nov. 20, the board changed the residency requirement to match voter registration, which is far easier to achieve, requiring only a physical address in the state and no voter registration elsewhere. [Read more at the Alaska Dispatch News]