Document – Lawsuit: Seven NJ Businesses Say To NJ Govt, “This is a lawsuit challenging the validity and enforceability of L. 2024, c. 73, also known as New Jersey Senate Bill No. 3235 (Third Reprint), a legislative act that proposes to restrict and regulate the production and sale of hemp and hemp products in ways that violate federal constitutional and statutory law”

Header Image (Lto R) : MATTHEW J. PLATKIN, in his official capacity as Attorney General of New Jersey; DIANNA HOUENOU, in her official capacity as Chair of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission; and EDWARD D. WENGRYN, in his official capacity as New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture,

Beau Huch Of counsel at law firm Porzio Bromberg & Newman P.C writes

This should come as no surprise to anyone considering the Governor’s signing statement and the gross deficiencies and inequities in the recent hemp law, but a lawsuit has been filed against the State and relevant State agencies to prevent the implementation.

This law had good intentions but was remarkably flawed. The legislators trying to tackle this problem have their hearts in the right place, but the toothpaste is out of the tube and there needs to be some balance of interest. Some of the stakeholders involved here really burned bridges and it will be interesting to see how cleanup legislation evolves.