"We'll make one more run at it," Sweeney told NJ.com about state lawmakers' renewed desire to legalize marijuana before the year is out.
The belief, in mid-May, was that lawmakers would put the legalization effort on hold until 2020, when they would turn the question over to New Jersey's voters with a ballot referendum.
But Sweeney said this week that he believes agreement on language in the bill between himself, Murphy, and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) could be enough to push it through, according to NJ.com.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy made legalizing marijuana a pillar of his 2017 gubernatorial campaign. He declared New Jersey would legalize marijuana by the end of 2018 during his first budget proposal address, but was unsuccessful.