CMMNJ Monthly Meeting Agenda for February 8, 2022 at 7 pm
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Agenda:
January 11th 2022 marked the start of the 2022-2023 New Jersey Legislative Session. The following lawmakers will deal with newly introduced and reintroduced cannabis bills: Senate Chamber Seating and Assembly Chamber Seating.
Insurance bills:
S313: Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.
S309: Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage for the medical use of cannabis under certain circumstances.
S782: Establishes program to subsidize purchase price of medical cannabis for registered qualifying patients enrolled in Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare programs.
A389: Creates certain protections for insurers and insurance producers engaging in business of insurance in connection with cannabis-related businesses.
Home cultivation bills:
S342/A997: Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
A1422: Legalizes possession of six or fewer marijuana plants, subject to enactment of legislation legalizing marijuana or cannabis for personal use.
S353: Legalizes growing or possessing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons 21 or older.
Tax Issues:
ACR51: Proposes constitutional amendment to dedicate tax revenue from sale of recreational marijuana for property tax relief.
ACR52: Proposes constitutional amendment to dedicate tax revenue from legal sale of recreational marijuana for mental health, addiction recovery and drug rehabilitation.
A969/S253: Exempts from sales and use tax sales of medical marijuana.
S876: Provides medical cannabis is not subject to State sales tax.
S340/A1676: Decouples State tax provisions from federal prohibition on cannabis business deductions, but only for businesses with less than $15 million of gross receipts.
A533: Allows certain microbusiness cannabis licensees to accelerate depreciation of property under corporation business and gross income taxes.
Employment issues:
A1830: Establishes protection from adverse employment action for authorized medical cannabis patients.
A890: Provides employer and employee protections pursuant to the use of legalized cannabis items.
Miscellaneous:
A197: Authorizes medical marijuana for treatment of substance use disorder; authorizes all patients to be dispensed medical marijuana in edible form.
A915: Applies ethics and conflicts-of-interest standards for casino industry regulators and participants to regulators of and participants in legalized marijuana marketplace.
S521: Expressly authorizes medical cannabis patients under 18 years of age to have up to four designated caregivers.
S642: Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have encounters with underage persons for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
AJR16: Establishes task force on cannabis related traffic fatalities.
A785: Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis.
A1354: Clarifies prohibition on smoking of cannabis in public places.
A1978: Provides that defendant who participated in diversion program for certain marijuana offenses on prior occasion may again participate under certain circumstances.
A1684: Directs CRC to adopt regulations concerning labeling, marketing, and sale of cannabidiol and products containing cannabidiol; prohibits sale of cannabidiol to minors.
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) Upcoming Meetings:
Thursday, February 24, 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 24, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, May 24, 1 p.m.
Thursday, June 23, 1 p.m.
Thursday, July 28, 1 p.m.
Thursday, September 22, 1 p.m.
Thursday, October 20, 1 p.m.
Thursday, December 8, 1 p.m.
Register to speak here. Submit comments in writing to the Commission here.
Treasury report:
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CMMNJ, 219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618.
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