Sources close to Senate President Steve Sweeney said lawmakers will make another run at it, perhaps during the lame-duck session between Election Day and January.
Gov. Phil Murphy echoed those remarks during an unrelated event on Thursday, according to nj.com, saying he was "encouraged" to hear that Sweeney was ready to revive the bill and "count me all in to try and work toward that."
"I was happy to hear that," he told nj.com. "Getting something to happen sooner if we have a real shot at it, I'd be all in for that."
If it's approved by January, pot wouldn't be sold in stores for another six months to a year after that because of the lengthy regulatory process that needs to be developed.
If marijuana legalization is going to happen, it needs both Sweeney and Murphy on the same page, scrambling to get the five votes needed to pass the legislation.