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. Joseph Vitale Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, speaks at a news conference on the Statehouse steps on his efforts to ban limit charitable immunity in cases when the charity acted negligently in protecting children from abuse Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, speaks to reporters after a news conference on the Statehouse steps on his efforts to limit charitable immunity in cases when the charity acts negligently in protecting children from sexual abuse. Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, speaks to reporters after a news conference on the Statehouse steps on his efforts to limit charitable immunity in cases when the charity acts negligently in protecting children from sexual abuse. Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, speaks to reporters after a news conference on the Statehouse steps on his efforts to limit charitable immunity in cases when the charity acts negligently in protecting children from sexual abuse.