Governor Dick Codey, who sits on the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, today objected to a vote by the committee on A-4253, and recorded a protest "no" vote.

"The bill hasn't been introduced," said Codey. "There's no urgent emergency here."

The former governor and long-serving senator from Essex County added, "I don't want to vote for them; it's not within our purview unless it's an emergency and I don't see one."