Became P.L.2021, c.16, on February 22, 2021.
2020–2021 Session
Assembly Bill 21
"New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act"; legalizes personal use cannabis for certain adults, subject to State regulation; decriminalizes small amount marijuana and hashish possession; removes marijuana
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Nov 5
Jamel C. Holley, Britnee N. Timberlake, Angela V. McKnight, Joe Danielsen
Chief co-sponsors from Nov 5
Chief co-sponsor from Nov 16
3 co-sponsors
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 17
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 17
Its course
November 5, 2020 to February 22, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action10 actions on 6 days
In the General AssemblyNov 5 to Dec 1742 days
Oversight, Reform and Federal RelationsNov 5 to Nov 94 days
AppropriationsNov 9 to Nov 1910 days
AppropriationsDec 14 to Dec 140 days
In the SenateDec 17 to Dec 170 days
With the GovernorDec 17 to Feb 2267 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading49–24
Passed · Dec 17 · 6 present
Senate, third reading23–17
Passed · Dec 17
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Nov 19
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 14
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Nov 5 – Dec 17
- Nov 5Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
- Nov 9Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations recommended it
- Sent to Appropriations
- Nov 19Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 14Sent to Appropriations
- Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 17Passed the General Assembly, 49 to 24
In the Senate Dec 17
- Dec 17Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Passed the Senate, 23 to 17, and so both houses
To the Governor Feb 22, 2021
- Feb 22, 2021Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2021, c.16