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 Fred H. Madden Jr Joseph Vitale Loretta Weinberg Paul A. Sarlo Ronald L. Rice Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex, discusses legislation during a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing. Senator John A. Girgenti, D-Passaic and Bergen, chairs a meeting of the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee. Senator Ronald L. Rice, D-Essex, Vice Chairman of the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks during a public hearing. From left to right: Senators Ronald L. Rice, D-Essex, and Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, both members of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, discuss a bill during a committee meeting. Senator Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex and Union, listens to testimony during a meeting of the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee. Senator Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex and Union, and Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee Vice Chairman, Senator Ronald L. Rice, D-Essex, speak about a bill during a public hearing. Senate Budget Committee Chairman, Senator Paul A. Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic, addresses the audience at a public hearing of his Committee. Senator Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May and Cumberland, speaks about legislation during a meeting of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Senator Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May and Cumberland, speaks about legislation during a meeting of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.