undergo certified criminal background checks, a bill which would prohibit the use of mandatory overtime in health care facilities except in emergency situations, and the New Jersey Health Care Access and Patient Protection Act, which requires the State to compile information on doctors, such as office location and medical malpractice history, in a database available to the public. As chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, Vitale has blocked a vote in the Senate on a measure that has passed twice in the General Assembly under which non-professional bakers would be allowed to legally sell their goods to consumers, leaving New Jersey and Wisconsin as the only states that forbid the practice. Vitale has cited "public safety and public health concerns", along with the impact of home-based competition on local brick-and-mortar businesses, as his reasons for blocking the measure. Committees Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Transportation, Vice-Chair District 19 Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The representatives from the 19th District for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are: Senator Joseph Vitale (D), Assemblyman Craig Coughlin (D), and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D) Electoral history New Jersey Senate References External links Senator Vitale's Website Senator Vitale's legislative webpage, New Jersey Legislature New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms - 20161 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Living people 1954 births American people of Italian descent Democratic Party New Jersey state senators Mayors of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians