Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate. M. Teresa Ruiz Sandra Cunningham Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Paul A. Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic, and Majority Leader Barbara Buono, D-Bergen, listen to testimony before the Senate Budget panel. Senator Majority Leader Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex, speaks about legislation at a meeting of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Senator Sandra Bolden Cunningham, D-Hudson, speaks about a bill before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Senator Sandra Bolden Cunningham, D-Hudson, speaks about a bill before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Senator Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex and Passaic, discusses a bill at a meeting of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Senator Brian P. Stack, D-Hudson and Vice Chairman of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, listens to testimony before the budget panel. Senator Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic, speaks about a bill at a meeting of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. From left to right: Senate Budget Committee Vice Chair Brian P. Stack, D-Hudson, Budget Chair Paul A. Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic, and Majority Leader Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex, discuss legislation during a meeting of the budget panel.