Murphy announced that the November 2020 election would be hybrid, with "mostly" mail-in balloting. The Murphy Administration presided over the issuance by the New Jersey Government of $1.2 million in fines to Atilis Gym, a gym that defied Governor Murphy's Covid shutdown policies. On June 5, 2021 Murphy signed an executive order ending the public health emergency, while retaining some executive privileges and restrictions. Social rights Marijuana Cannabis in New Jersey is legal for possession and use in both medical and recreational cases, but recreational distribution remains illegal. Murphy promised to legalize recreational marijuana within the first 100 days of his administration. Despite a Democratic super majority in the New Jersey Assembly and State Senate, there has been opposition within his own party as well as some Republicans, thus casting doubt on the passage of such legislation. Some legislators have proposed broader decriminalization instead of legalization. A bill allowing for both recreational marijuana (for users over twenty-one years) and an expansion of medical marijuana was presented to the NJ Senate in June, 2018. In February 2019, it was announced that Murphy and New Legislature had agreed to tax marijuana sales by weight, rather than with a sales tax. Legalization would also allow for expungement for previous arrests. Support for legalization by New Jersey residents is polled at above 50%. Sixty municipalities in the state have passed resolutions to ban the sale within their respective borders. A vote on the bill to legalize was withdrawn on March 25, 2019, when it appeared there was not enough support to pass it. The amount in the possession of the previously convicted eligible for expungement remains contentious. With the unlikelihood of legalization, further decriminalization is being considered. The issue was taken up as a referendum and was passed by voters in November 2020. On Monday, February 22, 2021, Murphy signed three bills into law legalizing and decriminalizing marijuana. The legislation creates a regulated marijuana industry and addresses the disproportionate arrests of people of color over marijuana possession. He said: “As of this moment, New Jersey’s broken and indefensible marijuana laws, which permanently stained the records of many residents and short-circuited their futures, and which disproportionately hurt communities of color and failed the meaning of justice at every level, social or otherwise, are no more.” Numerous municipalities have restricted the sale of marijuana within them. Employee rights Murphy has said he would support legislation to