Requires law enforcement to provide written notificaion to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana, or hashish.**
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Mar 15, 2021
Signed Mar 26, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2021 · General Assembly Mar 25, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 39
Mar 25, 2021
D
Democratic26
96% Yea
R
Republican13
76% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Mar 26, 2021
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.38.
executive
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0)
lower
Mar 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-0)
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (28-0) (Gopal)
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (72-0-1)
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee
lower
9 primary · 35 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DM
Dawn Marie Addiego
DDemocratic
P
EH
Eric Houghtaling
DDemocratic
P
HC
Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
P
JD
Joann Downey
DDemocratic
P
Joe Lagana
DDemocratic
P
Linda Greenstein
DDemocratic
P
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
P
Tony Bucco
RRepublican
P
Vin Gopal
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Zwicker
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
Antwan McClellan
RRepublican
Co
Brian Bergen
RRepublican
Co
Brian Stack
DDemocratic
Co
CA
Chris A. Brown
RRepublican
Co
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
Co
CB
Christopher Bateman
RRepublican
Co
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
Co
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
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