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. James Beach Senator Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex, asks a question during a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing on the FY 2012 Budget. Senator Paul A. Sarlo, D-Bergen and Passaic, the Chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, speaks during one of the Committee’s hearings on the proposed FY 2012 Budget. Senator Nellie Pou, D-Passaic and Bergen, asks a question during a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing on the Governor’s proposed FY 2012 Budget. Senator Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex, speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the Governor’s proposed FY 2012 spending plan. Senator Sandra Bolden Cunningham, D-Hudson, listens to testimony before the Senate Budget Committee during one of the committee’s hearings on the FY 2012 Budget. Senator Nellie Pou, D-Passaic and Bergen, speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the FY 2012 State Budget. Senator Nellie Pou, D-Passaic and Bergen, listens to testimony during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the FY 2012 State Budget.