A 5926 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes crime of selling or purchasing marijuana from unlicensed businesses.

This bill creates new criminal penalties for selling or buying marijuana from unlicensed businesses in New Jersey. Business owners operating without a license from the Cannabis Regulatory Commission face a third-degree crime (3-5 years in prison or $15,000 fine), while organizers running multiple unlicensed operations face a second-degree crime (5-10 years or $150,000 fine). Purchasing from unlicensed businesses is classified as a disorderly persons offense (up to 6 months in jail or $1,000 fine). The law also authorizes state police to shut down violating businesses and seize illegal marijuana, supplementing existing cannabis regulations under the CREAMMA law. It directly affects unlicensed cannabis businesses, their operators, and buyers who knowingly purchase from them.
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Introduced Jul 24, 2025 Last action Jul 24, 2025
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
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