A 2457 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Provides that defendant who participated in diversion program for certain marijuana offenses on prior occasion may again participate under certain circumstances.

This bill allows individuals who previously participated in diversion programs for certain marijuana offenses to participate again if their first participation was for an offense that was later decriminalized. It amends New Jersey's laws on conditional discharge, supervisory treatment (Pretrial Intervention), conditional dismissal, and Veterans Diversion Program to remove the restriction that limited participation to one time per person for marijuana-related offenses. The bill is retroactive to February 22, 2021, the effective date of New Jersey's 2021 marijuana decriminalization law, and applies to cases involving offenses like possession of marijuana or hashish that became non-criminal under that law.
Sub-Topics: Drug Policy
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
General Assembly · Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
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