By Vin Gopal

To give our kids the best future possible, we need to put them on the right road to learning as early as possible.

By Vin Gopal

Getting the right medications to people who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness in a timely fashion is critical to effective treatment.

It is gratifying to report that the Governor has signed our legislation restoring $44.7 million in state aid to local school districts.

By Vin Gopal

Local health departments are critical to the wellbeing of communities. 

We saw the important role local health departments played in maintaining community health during the pandemic, when they provided information about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to residents and helped track the spread of the virus. Yet, there currently is no sustainable source of funding for them from year to year.

By Vin Gopal

We are sponsoring legislation to ensure that insurance coverage keeps pace with an important innovation in cancer treatment.

By Vin Gopal

April is Autism Awareness Month and we ask all LD11 residents to be mindful of how they can help make our communities be more inclusive for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

By Vin Gopal

Our Legislative District 11 office celebrated Women’s History Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, and Greek Independence Day this month and I couldn’t help but think of how these three seemingly very different groups have something very important in common.

By Vin Gopal

In 2018, the state legislature passed a bill to prevent educators and school employees with documented histories of sexual misconduct or child abuse from obtaining new employment in another school district by keeping their past misconduct private.

By Vin Gopal

The Senate Education Committee is focused on developing a fairer school funding formula to address funding cuts to schools, many of which are being forced to reduce staff and eliminate programs as a result.

Jan. 24, 2024

OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ - Senator Vin Gopal, D-Monmouth, issued the following update regarding his bills that the governor signed into law during the final days of the 2022-2023 legislative session.

Jan. 31, 2024

OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ - Senator Vin Gopal (D-Monmouth) announced that the governor has signed into law legislation updating the requirements and standards for prior authorization of medicines and health services to patients.

By Vin Gopal

In a bi-partisan initiative, LD11 Assemblywomen Dr. Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul and I joined Congressman Frank Pallone and local government officials from our district at a press conference last week to support his legislation, the “Do Not Disturb Act,” to curb the robocalls by closing loopholes in federal robocall laws.

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Senator Vin Gopal, D-Monmouth, secured 2024 State Budget grants for numerous Monmouth County nonprofit organizations and school districts engaged in helping residents in need of mental health services.