Senate votes 29-4 to decriminalize the posession of up to 6 ounces of marijuana. Assembly schedules a Monday voting session, but no word if a vote is planned.
As it's written now, New Jersey's proposed law for adult cannabis use does not block workers in certain professions from smoking or ingesting marijuana on their own time.
Sponsors of the legislation heard no shortage of complaints and suggested changes from colleagues and industry advocates, but plans seem to still point to votes by the full houses before the end of November.
Legislation is about to be introduced to set up recreational cannabis rules and regulations, while a separate bill calls for decriminalizing pot possession.
Public health emergency credits would knock a year off most inmates' terms, making thousands eligible for immediate release. A planned vote was delayed.
A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November, after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the Legislature.