New JerseyHemp · Updated Nov 12

Licensee sales of intoxicating THC beverages end on the federal compliance date

Fri, Dec 11, 202627 days left

Statute · Last verified Nov 13, 2026 · Official source

Checked against: S.4635 text defines the federal compliance date as Dec 11, 2026, or later; signed Nov 12, 2026 (Governor bill action).

Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed New Jersey's beverage delay law on November 12, 2026, as P.L.2026, c.103, effective immediately. It replaces November 13, 2026, as the end of New Jersey's transition with the federal compliance date, which the law defines as December 11, 2026, or the later date the federal hemp definition change takes effect, and which may not be earlier than December 11, 2026. Until then, plenary wholesale, plenary retail distribution, and qualifying plenary retail consumption licensees, and businesses licensed by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, may keep selling these beverages. From that date, their sale by any person or entity is subject to state penalties. A further federal delay would move this date.

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Source now the Governor's bill action, with the bill text second. (Nov 13)
Moved from Nov 13 to Dec 11 on Nov 12. Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed the delay law, which ties the end of sales to the federal compliance date.