Sweeney, a longtime MJ backer, pulled the plug on the effort in May when it became obvious that Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, Sweeney and others couldn’t garner enough votes to pass the legislation.
If another effort is made, it would come toward the end of this year or early next year.
If lawmakers don’t change the law, they likely will float an initiative for the 2020 ballot.
Scott Rudder, president of the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association, and New Jersey cannabis attorney Bridget Hill-Zayat told Marijuana Business Daily in June that legislative action is preferable to a ballot initiative.
Both noted that a ballot initiative would be a constitutional amendment, which would be more difficult to change than a law.