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NJ A3251

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Aura Dunn

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends New Jersey's cannabis law to explicitly prohibit "gifting" schemes where cannabis is transferred for promotional or business purposes as part of a sales transaction outside licensed retail facilities

  • Defines "gifting" as transferring cannabis for promotional or business purposes occurring outside of a cannabis sales transaction in a Class 5 retail license facility

  • Makes unlawful cannabis gifting in excess of one ounce (28.35 grams) a disorderly persons offense under the Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987

  • Clarifies that legal transfers between adults 21 and older remain permitted only for non-promotional, non-business purposes within specified quantity limits (one ounce or less of usable cannabis, five grams or less of cannabis resin)

  • Targets entities attempting to circumvent the regulated cannabis market by using "gift" transactions as a workaround to selling cannabis without proper licensing

Legislative Description

Clarifies that unlawful gifting of marijuana or cannabis is prohibited under "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act."

Judiciary

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

1/9/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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