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A5604 — Aligns State restrictions on sale of hemp products and intoxicating hemp beverages with federal law.

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2026-2027 · Assembly · New Jersey · retained review 2026-10-27

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Recorded legislative history

  1. 2026-10-05 · introduced

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee

  2. 2026-10-15 · referred

    Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

  3. 2026-10-15 · referred

    Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

  4. 2026-10-22 · other

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

  5. 2026-10-15 · vote

    r/favorably (Roll Call)

  6. 2026-10-22 · vote

    r/favorably (Roll Call)

Sponsors and committee

Karabinchak, Robert J. (as Primary Sponsor)

Assembly Appropriations Committee

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  • Official billDescription[0] + separately dated metadata review

    {"Synopsis":"Aligns State restrictions on sale of hemp products and intoxicating hemp beverages with federal law.","IdenticalBillNumber":"S4635","IdenticalBillNumberSession":2026,"IdenticalBillNumberJSON":"[ {\"id\" : 1, \"Session\" : 2026, \"Bill\" : \"S4635\" } ]","LastSessionFullBillNumber":null,"LastSessionFullBillNumberSession":2024,"LastSessionFullBillNumberJSON":"[]","ActualBillNumber":"A5604","Code_Description":"2nd Reading in the Assembly","LIS_Value":2026,"FiscalNote":"This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.","CurrentStatus":"2RA"}
  • Official billSponsors response

    [[{"Full_Name":"Karabinchak, Robert J.","SponsorDescription":" as Primary Sponsor","BioLink":"/legislative-roster/388/assemblyman-karabinchak"}],[]]
  • Current procedural context; null means no reviewed current committee

    {"ActionDate":"10/15/2026","HistoryAction":"Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee"}
  • Official billHistory row

    {"ActionDate":"10/5/2026","HistoryAction":"Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee"}
  • Official billHistory row

    {"ActionDate":"10/15/2026","HistoryAction":"Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee"}
  • Official billHistory row

    {"ActionDate":"10/22/2026","HistoryAction":"Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading"}
  • Official sessionVotes aggregate; no inference from unrelated vote

    {"House":"ASL","Agenda_Date":"10/15/2026","Action":"r/favorably","Votes_Yes":7,"Votes_No":0,"Not_Voting":0,"Abstains":0,"Vote_Type":"Roll Call","Agenda_Date_for_Votes":"2026-10-15T14:00:00.000Z","Agenda_Type":"M","Agenda_Sequence":0}
  • Official sessionVotes aggregate; no inference from unrelated vote

    {"House":"AAP","Agenda_Date":"10/22/2026","Action":"r/favorably","Votes_Yes":13,"Votes_No":0,"Not_Voting":2,"Abstains":0,"Vote_Type":"Roll Call","Agenda_Date_for_Votes":"2026-10-22T12:00:00.000Z","Agenda_Type":"M","Agenda_Sequence":0}

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