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NJ A414

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robert Auth

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Legalizes possession of six or fewer marijuana plants for personal use, contingent upon the enactment of New Jersey's Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (Assembly No. 21)

  • Removes marijuana and hashish from the definition of "drug paraphernalia," making equipment used for cannabis consumption legal to possess and use

  • Establishes that possession of six ounces or less of marijuana, six or fewer plants, or 17 grams or less of hashish is not subject to any criminal, civil, or delinquency penalties

  • Prohibits the odor of marijuana from being used as reasonable suspicion to initiate a search for possession violations

  • Requires quarterly law enforcement reporting on marijuana possession violations, including demographic data (race, ethnicity, gender, age) and dispositions, to be published on the State Police website

Legislative Description

Legalizes possession of six or fewer marijuana plants, subject to enactment of legislation legalizing marijuana or cannabis for personal use.

Withdrawn from the Files

Last Action

Withdrawn from Consideration

5/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/9/2024

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