A New Jersey Assembly committee on Friday advanced a bill outlining noncriminal penalties for minors who possess marijuana, a bill Democratic lawmakers hope will appease Gov. Phil Murphy and get him to sign legalization and decriminalization bills already sitting on his desk.
Meanwhile, in a legislative twist, an opponent of legalization introduced a bill that supporters had long sought allowing residents to grow their own marijuana plants, assuming Murphy does sign the bill creating New Jersey s marijuana market.
Sen. Gerry Cardinale, R-Bergen, introduced the bill, S3407, which would allow for adults to possess up to six marijuana plants.
Cardinale voted against the legalization and decriminalization bills last month. But he said in a statement that home grow would keep people from being priced out of the market because of fees and taxes in the bills.
Assembly members Benjie Wimberly and Annette Quijano introduced
A 5211, which “updates and clarifies recent legislation passed by both Houses of the Legislature addressing cannabis legalization, and marijuana and hashish decriminalization.”
On Thursday, the
Senate Judiciary Committee released an identical bill,
S3320, passing it 7-3.
The discussion in the Assembly lasted less than 15 minutes. The first comments came from
Joe Johnson of ACLU-NJ, who began by saying, “I had prepared remarks this morning to express our opposition to the scheme on how to deal with minors caught with possession of cannabis. Fortunately, it seems that the amendments that we were just given access to kind of clear up a lot of our concerns.”
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NEW JERSEY – New Jersey had its highest daily COVID-19 case total ever on Saturday just as Gov. Phil Murphy has signed more coronavirus bills into law.
Murphy reported 6,435 new cases on Saturday, just two days after the state hit a record high of 6,314 new cases on Thursday. Both topped the previous high mark established on Dec. 12th. It was only the fourth time New Jersey had more than 6,000 cases reported in one day.
Another 5,032 cases and 36 deaths were reported on Sunday.
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Murphy also reported 102 additional deaths on Saturday, the first time New Jersey topped 100 daily fatalities for five consecutive days since May.
HB 89 will expand the approved conditions list for medical cannabis to include “moderate to severe insomnia.”
HB 90 will allow medical cannabis shops in the state, known as “alternative treatment centers,” to “acquire and use in manufacturing hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) isolate.”
HB 163 will require medical cannabis shops to “prepare information regarding the risk of cannabis use during pregnancy,” and it will require state health officials to “prepare a brochure relative to the risk of cannabis use during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.”
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Over 100 New Jersey Leaders Come Out in Support of Economic Recovery and Tax Incentives Reform Legislation December 21, 2020, 11:56 am | in
Over 100 New Jersey Leaders Come Out in Support of Economic Recovery and Tax Incentives Reform Legislation
12/20/2020
TRENTON – Over 100 leaders in government, the private sector, and labor from across the state expressed their support for the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020, which will be voted on in the Legislature on Monday:
GOVERNOR MURPHY AND LEGISLATORS
“We are proud to announce that we have reached an agreement on a comprehensive economic recovery package that will support small businesses, drive sustainable economic growth, and reform our tax incentives system. This plan will specifically target historically underserved communities that have also been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 with tailored programs to combat food deserts, spur brownfields redevelopment, and suppor