What's the next step?
The next step to legalizing marijuana in New Jersey comes this Thursday. At 10 a.m., the Assembly Oversight committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed ballot measure.
At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Commerce Committee will do the same.
These hearings aren't new. The ill-fated New Jersey legal weed bill received hearings by multiple Senate and Assembly committees each time it was amended or updated.
The bill was passed by those committees each time — but never went to the full Assembly or Senate for a vote.
And then what?
The next step would be for the Senate and Assembly to hold a full vote on the legal weed ballot bill.
The Assembly already has the ballot resolution on its agenda for Monday, Dec. 18, though that's subject to change.