Joseph Vitale Archives - New Jersey Globe

Bill to bolster sepsis care clears committee

March 17, 2026 4:44 pm

A state Senate panel on Monday cleared a bill to require hospitals to establish protocols to identify sepsis quickly. The Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee approved the bill, which would require processes to screen for, recognize, and...

Coughlin, Lopez win in LD19

November 4, 2025 10:26 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy) have won re-election in the 19th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, overwhelmingly winning a district that has become less of a Democratic stronghold in recent years. As...

Bill to split Military and Veterans Affairs department clears committee

June 19, 2025 4:42 pm

Legislation that would split the state’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs cleared committees in the state Senate and Assembly on Thursday afternoon. Under the legislation, which lawmakers have contemplated for years, functions concerning veterans would be transferred to the...

Parental consent for minors to use social media facing key opposition

January 4, 2024 9:00 amJanuary 4, 2024 8:45 am

A bill requiring age verification and parental consent for minors to use social media is facing strong opposition from Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey, Garden State Equality, the American Civil Liberties Union, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce,...

Conaway signals openness to Murphy abortion plan, but says he hasn’t seen details

May 25, 2022 10:35 amMay 25, 2022 2:31 pm

Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D-Delran), the chair of the Assembly Health Committee, said yesterday that he was supportive of expanding access to abortion in New Jersey, though he wouldn’t yet take a stance on the specific proposals released by Gov. Phil...

Is New Jersey about to face a reckoning over abortion access?

May 20, 2022 4:44 pmMay 24, 2022 5:53 pm

When Gov. Phil Murphy debuted his proposals for expanding abortion access in New Jersey last week, it was something of a triumphant moment for the governor and his allies. With the U.S. Supreme Court potentially prepared to overturn Roe v....

Vitale initially noncommittal on Murphy abortion package

May 12, 2022 5:11 pm

State Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Woodbridge), the chair of the Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee, said today that he won’t yet take a stance on Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed package of abortion access legislation, which was unveiled in...