In a win for businesses and cannabis aficionados who have seized on Louisiana’s booming hemp-THC market, state lawmakers on Friday rejected a push to ban the intoxicating products, instead setting a slew of regulations on a fast-growing $33 million industry.

Miller, other Democrats and some moderate Republicans criticized that bill and its proposed amendments as they came up for a vote.
While the amendments were pitched by Rep. Laurie Schlegel, R-Metair…