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. Uncategorized Senator Richard J. Codey, D-Essex and Morris, talks with Senator Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex, before the Governor addresses a joint session of the Legislature on tax reform. From left to right: Senators Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic, Bob Gordon, D-Bergen, Richard J. Codey, D-Essex and Morris, and Bob Smith, D-Middlesex and Somerset, on the floor of the General Assembly before the Governor’s speech on tax reform. Senators Donald Norcross, D-Camden and Gloucester, and Brian Stack, D-Hudson, rise as the Governor enters the General Assembly chambers to address the Legislature on tax reform.