Status: Cannabis is legal for medical use but illegal for recreational use.
Most Recent/Upcoming Legislation: S-2703 & A4497
Description: New Jersey Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee advanced both bills. They would legalize recreational marijuana.
History of New Jersey Cannabis Legislation
2010: S. 119 signed into law permitting the use of cannabis for patients with specific conditions.
2017: State Medicinal Marijuana Review Panel, in a 5-1 vote, included more conditions to the list.
2018: Senate advances bill SCS2426 which improves the medical marijuana program by removing the requirement to get recertified by a doctor every 90 days.
2019: Recreational marijuana proposal was withdrawn – no vote was held.
Senator Cory Booker, Democrat
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 224-3224
Email/Website: www.booker.senate.gov/?p=contact
Address: 717 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Next Election: 2020
Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 224-4744
Email/Website: www.menendez.senate.gov/contact
Address: 528 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Next Election: 2024
Representative Donald Norcross, Democrat, First District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-6501
Email/Website: https://norcross.house.gov/
Address: 2437 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Jefferson Van Drew, Democrat, Second District
Stance: Only allow states to legalize medical cannabis.
Phone: (202) 225-6572
Email/Website: https://vandrew.house.gov/
Address: 331 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Andy Kim, Democrat, Third District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-4765
Email/Website: https://kim.house.gov/
Address: 1516 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Chris Smith, Republican, Fourth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3765
Email/Website: https://chrissmith.house.gov/
Address: 2373 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Josh Gottheimer, Democrat, Fifth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-4465
Email/Website: https://gottheimer.house.gov/
Address: 213 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Frank Pallone, Democrat, Sixth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-4671
Email/Website: https://pallone.house.gov/
Address: 2107 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Tom Mailinowski, Democrat, Seventh District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-5361
Email/Website: https://malinowski.house.gov/
Address: 426 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Albio Sires, Democrat, Eighth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-7919
Email/Website: https://sires.house.gov/
Address: 2268 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Bill Pascrell, Democrat, Ninth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5751
Email/Website: https://pascrell.house.gov/
Address: 2409 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Donald Payne Jr., Democrat, Tenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-3436
Email/Website: https://payne.house.gov/
Address: 103 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Mikie Sherrill, Democrat, Eleventh District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5034
Email/Website: https://sherrill.house.gov/
Address: 1208 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, Democrat, Twelfth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-5801
Email/Website: https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/
Address: 2442 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515