STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 4847

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator SCUTARI)

ADOPTED: DECEMBER 22, 2025

      These floor amendments:

      Clarify that the salary of the commission members, including the commission chair, is to be fixed at $160,000 and $165,000 respectively, instead of salaries not exceeding those amounts, as fixed and established by the Governor;

      Clarify that members of the immediate family of any State officer, employee, or a person, as defined in N.J.S.A.52:13D-17.2, may also represent, appear for, or negotiate on behalf of any holder of or applicant for a medical or adult-use cannabis business;

      Remove provision permitting members of the immediate family of a special State officer or employee without responsibilities for matters affecting the cannabis industry to hold an interest such businesses;

      Subject certain persons associated with partnerships, firms, or corporations that represent, appear for, or negotiate on behalf of cannabis business to a two year screening period from personal participation in any such representation, appearance, or negotiation;

      Clarify that a familial relationship to the holder, other than the spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner, and any dependent child or stepchild, does not affect the prohibition against a license holder concurrently holding more than one license of each class;

      Permit Class 5 Cannabis Retailer licensees to maintain up to two satellite locations; and

      Change the effective date of the bill to take effect 90 days following enactment, instead of on May 1, 2026.