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NJ A4653

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Aura Dunn

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Origin

General Assembly

2026-2027 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits "gifting" cannabis for promotional or business purposes when the transfer is actually a central part of a sales transaction occurring outside licensed Class 5 retail facilities

  • Defines unlawful "gifting" as transferring cannabis for promotional or business purposes outside of a licensed cannabis retail sales transaction

  • Makes unlawful cannabis gifting a disorderly persons offense under the Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987

  • Amends both the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (P.L.2021, c.16) and the criminal code (N.J.S.2C:35-5)

  • Preserves the existing legality of adults 21 and older transferring up to one ounce of cannabis without remuneration for non-promotional, non-business purposes

Legislative Description

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

Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations3/10/2026

Full Bill Text

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