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Asbury Park Press TRENTON - Just two weeks before a constitutional crisis over legal weed, a bill to set up the framework of a legal marijuana industry appears headed to the floor for a full legislative vote. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday approved the Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, & Marketplace Modernization Act by a 6 to 5 vote, mostly along party lines with Democrats voting in favor and Republicans, joined by Sen. Paul Sarlo, D-Bergen, voting against. That bill, along with a decriminalization bill that would eliminate all penalties for possession of up to 6 ounces of weed, is required to be enacted in order for the ballot question and constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by New Jersey voters to take effect on Jan. 1. ....