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. Donald Norcross Senator Raymond J. Lesniak, D-Union, speaks at an outdoor hearing on his legislation S-1872, the Opportunity Scholarships Act, which would encourage businesses to provide scholarships to students trapped in chronically-failing public schools. Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, greets students at an outdoor hearing on Senator Raymond Lesniak’s legislation S-1872, the Opportunity Scholarships Act, which would encourage businesses to provide scholarships to students trapped in chronically-failing public schools. Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, reviews documents at an outdoor hearing on Senator Raymond Lesniak’s legislation S-1872, the Opportunity Scholarships Act, which would encourage businesses to provide scholarships to students trapped in chronically-failing public schools.