Nicholas Paul Scutari was born on November 18,1968 and is an American politician and attorney who is the 115th and current President of the New Jersey Senate.
11 Facts About Nicholas Scutari
Nicholas Scutari has held the position of Senate President since 2022.
Nicholas Scutari is an attorney with the Law Offices of Nicholas P Scutari.
Nicholas Scutari served as Freeholder Chairman in 1999, after serving a year as Freeholder Vice Chairman.
Senator Nicholas Scutari has served on the State Government Committee, the Joint State Leasing and Space Utilization Committee, the Commerce Committee and the Judiciary Committee.
Senator Nicholas Scutari has held the role of Chair of the New Jersey Senate Committee on Judiciary for the longest period in modern history.
Nicholas Scutari is a former Commissioner of the New Jersey Clean Elections Commission.
Nicholas Scutari is a former Vice Chairman of the Senate Education Committee.
Senator Nicholas Scutari was the chief sponsor of New Jersey's Medical Marijuana law that was signed into law in 2009 and has been an advocate for the effort to legalize marijuana for all individuals over the age of 21.
On June 4,2022, Senate President Nicholas Scutari was sworn in as the Acting Governor of New Jersey as both Governor Phil Murphy and Lieutenant Governor Shelia Oliver were out of state on personal trips.
Concurrent with his senatorship, Nicholas Scutari was Municipal Prosecutor for the city of Linden, New Jersey until he was ousted from the position in January 2020 for absence at court hearings.