Bill Text: NJ S3734 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits cannabis retailers to sell certain non-intoxicating products in store.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-07 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee [S3734 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S3734-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Permits cannabis retailers to sell certain non-intoxicating products in store.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning cannabis retailers and supplementing Title 24 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. A holder of a Class 5 Cannabis Retailer license, licensed pursuant to P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.), may sell non-intoxicating food and beverage products, whether or not manufactured in this State.
b. The holder of a Class 5 Cannabis Retailer license who sells non-intoxicating products in accordance with subsection a. of this section shall not sell non-intoxicating foods or beverages in excess of thirty percent of the store's annual gross revenues, except that the limitation on annual gross revenues shall not apply to the sale of coffee or water by the Class 5 Retailer.
c. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission may adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as necessary to implement this act.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill permits Class 5 Cannabis Retailer licensees to sell certain non-intoxicating products in store.
Under the bill, a retailer is permitted to sell non-intoxicating food and beverage products. The sale of non-intoxicating products is prohibited from exceeding 30 percent of the store's annual gross revenues. The 30 percent cap established under the bill does not apply to the sale of coffee or water by the retailer.
