S119--Roll Call; How your legislator voted

S119 "New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act." *
Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor

Identical Bill Number: A804 (ACS/1R)
Last Session Bill Number: S88 A933

Scutari, Nicholas P. as Primary Sponsor
Whelan, Jim as Primary Sponsor
Gusciora, Reed as Primary Sponsor
Carroll, Michael Patrick as Primary Sponsor
Voss, Joan M. as Primary Sponsor
Cunningham, Sandra B. as Co-Sponsor
Lesniak, Raymond J. as Co-Sponsor
Stack, Brian P. as Co-Sponsor
Sweeney, Stephen M. as Co-Sponsor
Weinberg, Loretta as Co-Sponsor
Vitale, Joseph F. as Co-Sponsor
Vainieri Huttle, Valerie as Co-Sponsor
Giblin, Thomas P. as Co-Sponsor
Wagner, Connie as Co-Sponsor
Oliver, Sheila Y. as Co-Sponsor
Prieto, Vincent as Co-Sponsor
Tucker, Cleopatra G. as Co-Sponsor
Johnson, Gordon M. as Co-Sponsor
Jasey, Mila M. as Co-Sponsor
Stender, Linda as Co-Sponsor




1/8/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
12/15/2008 Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
2/23/2009 Passed by the Senate (22-16)
2/26/2009 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee
6/4/2009 Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
1/7/2010 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Gusciora)
1/11/2010 Substituted for A804 (ACS/1R)
1/11/2010 Motion To Aa (Angelini)
1/11/2010 Motion To Table (Watson Coleman) (47-26-0)
1/11/2010 Passed by the Assembly (48-14-0)
1/11/2010 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
1/11/2010 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-13)
1/18/2010 Approved P.L.2009, c.307.

Introduced - 12 pages
Reprint - 10 pages
Statement - SHH 12/15/08 - 5 pages
Reprint - 20 pages
Statement - AHE 6/4/09 1R - 7 pages
Floor Statement - Assembly 1/7/10 2R - 3 pages
Reprint - 25 pages
Advance Law - 24 pages
Pamphlet Law - 11 pages


Committee Voting:

SHH 12/15/2008 - r/Sca - Yes {6} No {1} Not Voting {1} Abstains {2} - Roll Call
Vitale, Joseph F. (C) - Yes Weinberg, Loretta (V) - Yes Allen, Diane B. - Abstain
Baroni, Bill - Yes Gordon, Robert M. - Yes Kean, Thomas H., Jr. - No
Redd, Dana L. - Yes Rice, Ronald L. - Abstain Singer, Robert W. - Not Voting
Whelan, Jim - Yes

AHE 6/4/2009 - r/Aca - Yes {8} No {1} Not Voting {0} Abstains {2} - Roll Call
Conaway, Herb, Jr. (C) - Yes Wagner, Connie (V) - Yes Angelini, Mary Pat - No
Chiappone, Anthony - Yes Green, Jerry - Yes Greenstein, Linda R. - Yes
Love, Sandra - Yes Munoz, Nancy F. - Abstain Polistina, Vincent J. - Abstain
Quigley, Joan M. - Yes Stender, Linda - Yes


Session Voting:

Sen. 2/23/2009 - 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE - Yes {22} No {16} Not Voting {2} - Roll Call
Allen, Diane B. - No Baroni, Bill - Yes Bateman, Christopher - Yes
Beach, James - Yes Beck, Jennifer - No Bucco, Anthony R. - No
Buono, Barbara - Yes Cardinale, Gerald - No Ciesla, Andrew R. - No
Codey, Richard J. - No Connors, Christopher J. - No Cunningham, Sandra B. - Yes
Gill, Nia H. - Not Voting Girgenti, John A. - Yes Gordon, Robert M. - Yes
Haines, Philip E. - No Karrow, Marcia A. - No Kean, Sean T. - Yes
Kean, Thomas H., Jr. - No Kyrillos, Joseph M., Jr. - No Lesniak, Raymond J. - Yes
Madden, Fred H., Jr. - No O'Toole, Kevin J. - No Oroho, Steven V. - No
Pennacchio, Joseph - Yes Redd, Dana L. - No Rice, Ronald L. - Not Voting
Ruiz, M. Teresa - Yes Sacco, Nicholas J. - Yes Sarlo, Paul A. - Yes
Scutari, Nicholas P. - Yes Singer, Robert W. - Yes Smith, Bob - Yes
Stack, Brian P. - Yes Sweeney, Stephen M. - Yes Turner, Shirley K. - No
Van Drew, Jeff - Yes Vitale, Joseph F. - Yes Weinberg, Loretta - Yes
Whelan, Jim - Yes

Asm. 1/11/2010 - SUBSTITUTE FOR A804 Acs - Yes {0} No {0} Not Voting {80} Abstains {0} - Voice Vote Passed
Asm. 1/11/2010 - MOTION TAB MOTION - Yes {47} No {26} Not Voting {7} Abstains {0} - Roll Call
Asm. 1/11/2010 - 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE - Yes {48} No {14} Not Voting {18} Abstains {0} - Roll Call
Addiego, Dawn Marie - No Albano, Nelson T. - No Amodeo, John F. - Not Voting
Angelini, Mary Pat - Not Voting Barnes, Peter J., III - Yes Biondi, Peter J. - Not Voting
Bramnick, Jon M. - No Burzichelli, John J. - Yes Caputo, Ralph R. - Yes
Carroll, Michael Patrick - Yes Casagrande, Caroline - Yes Chiappone, Anthony - Yes
Chiusano, Gary R. - Not Voting Chivukula, Upendra J. - Yes Conaway, Herb, Jr. - Yes
Conners, Jack - Yes Coutinho, Albert - Yes Coyle, Denise M. - Not Voting
Cruz-Perez, Nilsa - Yes Cryan, Joseph - Yes Dancer, Ronald S. - No
DeAngelo, Wayne P. - Yes DeCroce, Alex - No DiMaio, John - No
Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr. - Yes Egan, Joseph V. - Yes Evans, Elease - Yes
Giblin, Thomas P. - Yes Gove, DiAnne C. - Not Voting Green, Jerry - Yes
Greenstein, Linda R. - Yes Greenwald, Louis D. - Yes Gusciora, Reed - Yes
Handlin, Amy H. - Not Voting Holzapfel, James W. - Not Voting Jasey, Mila M. - Yes
Johnson, Gordon M. - Yes Lampitt, Pamela R. - Yes Love, Sandra - Yes
Malone, Joseph R., III - No McHose, Alison Littell - Not Voting McKeon, John F. - Yes
Merkt, Richard A. - No Milam, Matthew W. - No Moriarty, Paul D. - Yes
Munoz, Nancy F. - Not Voting O'Scanlon, Declan J., Jr. - Yes Oliver, Sheila Y. - Yes
Peterson, Erik - No Polistina, Vincent J. - Not Voting Pou, Nellie - Yes
Prieto, Vincent - Yes Quigley, Joan M. - Yes Quijano, Annette - Yes
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr. - Yes Rible, David P. - No Riley, Celeste M. - Yes
Roberts, Joseph J., Jr. - Yes Rodriguez, Caridad - Yes Rooney, John E. - Not Voting
Rudder, Scott - Not Voting Rumana, Scott T. - No Rumpf, Brian E. - No
Russo, David C. - No Scalera, Frederick - Yes Schaer, Gary S. - Yes
Smith, L. Harvey - Not Voting Spencer, L. Grace - Yes Stender, Linda - Yes
Thompson, Samuel D. - Not Voting Tucker, Cleopatra G. - Yes Vainieri Huttle, Valerie - Yes
Vandervalk, Charlotte - Yes Vas, Joseph - Not Voting Voss, Joan M. - Yes
Wagner, Connie - Yes Watson Coleman, Bonnie - Yes Webber, Jay - Not Voting
Wisniewski, John S. - Yes Wolfe, David W. - Not Voting

Sen. 1/11/2010 - CONCUR ASMB AMEND - Yes {25} No {13} Not Voting {1} - Roll Call
Allen, Diane B. - Not Voting Baroni, Bill - Yes Bateman, Christopher - Yes
Beach, James - Yes Beck, Jennifer - No Bucco, Anthony R. - No
Buono, Barbara - Yes Cardinale, Gerald - No Ciesla, Andrew R. - Yes
Codey, Richard J. - No Connors, Christopher J. - No Cunningham, Sandra B. - Yes
Doherty, Michael J. - No Gill, Nia H. - Yes Girgenti, John A. - Yes
Gordon, Robert M. - Yes Haines, Philip E. - No Kean, Sean T. - Yes
Kean, Thomas H., Jr. - No Kyrillos, Joseph M., Jr. - No Lesniak, Raymond J. - Yes
Madden, Fred H., Jr. - No O'Toole, Kevin J. - No Oroho, Steven V. - No
Pennacchio, Joseph - Yes Rice, Ronald L. - No Ruiz, M. Teresa - Yes
Sacco, Nicholas J. - Yes Sarlo, Paul A. - Yes Scutari, Nicholas P. - Yes
Singer, Robert W. - Yes Smith, Bob - Yes Stack, Brian P. - Yes
Sweeney, Stephen M. - Yes Turner, Shirley K. - Yes Van Drew, Jeff - Yes
Vitale, Joseph F. - Yes Weinberg, Loretta - Yes Whelan, Jim - Yes


Ken Wolski, RN, MPA
Executive Director
Coalition for Medical Marijuana--New Jersey, Inc. www.cmmnj.org
219 Woodside Ave.
Trenton, NJ 08618
ohamkrw@aol.com

AP: Christie considers changes to law

AP: Christie considers changes to law.

By Geoff Mulvihill

Associated Press

Advocates of medical use of marijuana in New Jersey are buzzing over word that Gov. Christie is floating major changes to the way pot could be legally grown and distributed, before a system already signed into law can take effect.

Rutgers University's New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and the New Jersey Hospital Association said Friday that the administration had contacted them in recent weeks about taking a role in producing and distributing medical marijuana.

Both groups said the talks were preliminary and legal issues would need to be worked out first, but both said they're interested.

The idea of having the university and hospitals as the sole growers and dispensers was first reported Friday by the Newark Star-Ledger. Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for Christie, would not speak about the plans Friday other than to say many options were being considered.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20100619_Christie_considers_changes_to_law_.html#ixzz0rI98q9fk

New Jersey may amend medical marijuana law

New Jersey may amend medical marijuana law; advocates call for no delay

New Jersey officials are scrambling to extend their deadline for implementing the medical marijuana law. The Governor's Counsel and the Department of Health and Senior Services Commissioner have been meeting with legislators recently to discuss the length of the delay, which could put off the first legal access by registered patients into 2011.

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Medical Marijuana Press Conference in Jersey City on 6/17

MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6/14/2010

The Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey (CMMNJ)
www.cmmnj.org

Medical Marijuana Press Conference in Jersey City on 6/17
City officials work on guidelines; patients, professionals seek timely regulations

On Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 1 PM, New Jersey medical marijuana advocacy groups will hold a press conference in front of City Hall in Jersey City.

Local cannabis policy experts are working closely with Jersey City officials to create municipal guidelines for the placement of an Alternative Treatment Center. The second largest city in New Jersey is seeking to welcome local, non-profit medical marijuana providers once they can be licensed for operation.

"Guidelines in Jersey City and other towns will assure a local infrastructure is ready for regulated cannabis facilities to serve patients as quickly as possible," said CMMNJ/NORMLNJ advocate Chris Goldstein

Last month a request was made by Governor Christie for a six to twelve month extension on the issuance of the medical marijuana program regulations. The extension would require additional legislation.

The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was signed into law January, 11 2010. As passed, the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) was to issue draft regulations in July. Patients are anticipating access to a running program by the fall.

CMMNJ and NORML-NJ do not see any need for a delay.

Ken Wolski, a Registered Nurse and Executive Director of CMMNJ said, “If the DHSS cannot write these regulations in 6 months, there is no guarantee they will be able to write them in 18 months. Patients are suffering as they continue to wait for the program.”

Anne M. Davis, Executive Director of NORML-NJ said, “This is a law and there are no exceptions. There are patients with chronic or even terminal illnesses that cannot get an extension on life.”

The 6/17/10 press conference will feature brief statements along with a Q&A.

Speakers will include potential medical marijuana patients, medical professionals and supporters of the new law who will address the proposed delay in implementing the state's therapeutic cannabis program.

Media may contact:
Ken Wolski: ohamkrw@aol.com (609) 394-2137
Anne Davis: law@annemdavis.com (732) 477-4700
Chris Goldstein: media@cmmnj.org

WHAT: Medical marijuana press conference
WHERE: Jersey City, NJ – In front of City Hall – 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
WHEN: June 17, 2010 at 1:00 PM
WHY: Timely implementation of New Jersey’s medical marijuana law, local ATC guidelines

NJ DHSS email to medical marijuana advocates

The following email was received by CMMNJ Board member Peter Rosenfeld from the New Jersey department of Health and Senior Services:

From: Medical.Marijuana@doh.state.nj.us

At this time, the Department is not reviewing proposals or receiving documents, nor is the Department meeting with potential vendors, advocacy groups, lobbyists or other interested parties to present business plans, strategies or offers of assistance. Given the large numbers and diverse recommendations, we believe this is the best way to assure an objective, science based strategy.

As you are aware, medical marijuana is not available in the state of New Jersey. The Department must first establish a process to register qualified patients, caregivers and alternate treatment centers. This includes the continuation of coordinated implementation strategies amongst all state agencies to ensure all issues are addressed adequately. Full implementation of the New Jersey Compassionate Use of Marijuana Act awaits completion of this mandated process, which will assure the intent of the Act is accessible to those patients with designated medical conditions, while ensuring that it is implemented in a safe and effective manner.

For additional information regarding this topic, please visit our website at www.nj.gov/health for the most current information about the implementation of the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, including frequently asked questions.

Final version of NJ medical marijuana law published

Read the final version of the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/PL09/307_.HTM

Media coverage of CMMNJ/NORMLNJ press conference

By - Diane Fornbacher : CMMNJ Advisory Board

On Friday 6/4/2010, the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey and NORML New Jersey had a press conference regarding our governor's desire to change the law and get an extension on implementing the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.

Our team included Anne Davis from NORMLNJ, Ken Wolski RN the Exec director of CMMNJ, Jim Miller of CMMNJ, Attorney William Buckman of NORMLNJ, CMMNJ Board member Peter Rosenfeld, Chris Goldstein from CMMNJ/ NORMLNJ/PhillyNORML along with dozens of patients and supporters. It was one of the best press conferences/rallies I have ever attended.

Here are some links to the coverage we received from the conference on the NJ Statehouse steps:

Star Ledger (nj.com): http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/06/legal_medical_marijuana_advoca.html

WHYY: http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2010/06/04/delay-for-medical-pot-in-new-jersey/39595

NJN (public tv/radio): http://www.njn.net/television/webcast/njnnews/friday.html

NBC New York: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/NJs-New-Medical-Marijuana-Law-in-Limbo-95634059.html

More stories are trickling in so if you want, please check the CMMNJ blog periodically at: http://cmmnj.blogspot.com/

I also have a photo set on facebook, which can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62462971150&ref=ts#!/album.php?aid=216869&id=687188618&ref=pb

Victory will be ours and the patients will get their medicine.

Best,
Diane