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 Ronald L. Rice Senator Raymond J. Lesniak, D-Union, being sworn in to serve in the 215th Session of the State Legislature. Senator Nellie Pou, D-Passaic, sitting at her desk with her husband during the reorganization of the 215th State Legislature Senator Steve Sweeney being sworn in to serve as Senate President for the 215th Legislative Session. Senator Fred H. Madden is administering the oath of office. Senator Steve Sweeney being sworn in to serve as Senate President for the 215th Legislative Session. Senator Fred H. Madden is administering the oath of office. Senator Nia H. Gill, D-Essex and Passaic, being sworn in to serve as Senate President Pro Tempore during the reorganization of the 215th Legislative Session. Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem, is administering the oath of office Senator Nia H. Gill, D-Essex and Passaic, being sworn in to serve as Senate President Pro Tempore during the reorganization of the 215th Legislative Session Senator Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, with her family, being sworn in to serve as Senate Majority Leader for the 215th Legislative Session. Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem, is administering the oath of office. Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem, prior to the Governor Senators Nellie Pou, D-Passaic and Bergen, and Sandra Bolden Cunningham, D-Hudson, speak before the start of the Reorganization ceremony. Senators Nellie Pou, D-Passaic and Bergen, and Sandra Bolden Cunningham, D-Hudson, speak to a visitor in the Senate chambers before the start of the Reorganization ceremony. Senator Paul A. Sarlo, D-Bergen and Passaic, being sworn in. Senator Fred H. Madden, D-Camden and Gloucester, swears in Senator Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem, to serve as Senate President in the 215th Legislative Session.