Reclassifies possession of psilocybin as disorderly persons offense.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2020
Committee Review
Dec 2020
Senate Passage
Dec 2020
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2020
Signed into Law
Feb 2021
Introduced Dec 7, 2020
Signed Feb 4, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Dec 17, 2020 · General Assembly Dec 17, 2020
How they voted
23–15
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Dec 17, 2020
D
Democratic26
76% Yea
R
Republican14
78% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Feb 4, 2021
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.9.
executive
Dec 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (51-23-5)
lower
Dec 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (23-15)
upper
Dec 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Dec 7, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
P
Jim Kennedy
DDemocratic
P
Nick Scutari
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Ruiz
DDemocratic
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