New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 19)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S05861

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Directs the higher education services corporation to create a net price calculator center for colleges on its website.
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New York Senate Bill S05860

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Expands the scope of chiropractic practice; authorizes chiropractic clinical assistants.
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New York Senate Bill S05862

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Requires law enforcement agencies to store physical or other evidence it maintains within fireproof containers or within a fireproof storage area; requires law enforcement agencies to document and photograph evidence before it is stored in a fireproof container or storage area; requires that such documents and photographs be stored in a different location.
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New York Senate Bill S05404

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Prohibits provisions in any waiver, settlement, agreement or other resolution of any claim where the foundation for which is an alleged violation of the labor law or article fifteen of the executive law, that prevent the disclosure of the employee's workplace experience with the employer.
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New York Senate Bill S05434

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Enacts the "data economy labor compensation and accountability act"; establishes the office of consumer data protection for the purpose of properly safeguarding personal data; imposes a tax on data controllers and data processors required to register with such office.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S05868

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.
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New York Senate Bill S04763

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
5/6/26  
Relates to the issuance of arrest warrants upon a youth who is still in high school; provides for the police officer to make a reasonable effort to notify the parent or other person legally responsible for the care of such youth or with whom the youth is domiciled that the youth has been arrested; provides that the police officer need not notify the parent or other person legally responsible when such youth is not also a juvenile offender and the notification would endanger the health and safety of such youth; amends provisions relating to sexually exploited children to include persons under the age of nineteen.
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New York Senate Bill J00346

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Honoring Dr. Pablo Ulloa for his staunch advocacy on behalf of Dominican Americans in the State of New York and for hosting an important event series in the Bronx and Manhattan, New York
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New York Senate Bill S04774

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Creates the crime of vehicular homicide; makes such crime a class B felony.
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New York Senate Bill S04759

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Provides that when the division of criminal justice services conducts a search of its criminal history records and returns a report thereon, all references to undisposed cases shall be excluded.
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New York Senate Bill J00347

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Lupus Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S05313

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Addresses non-covered dental services by requiring all policies providing coverage of and all contracts for dental services issued to include a disclosure stating that a participating provider may charge their normal fee for services that are not covered; requires a cost estimate to be provided.
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New York Senate Bill S05360

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Directs the commissioner of labor, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, to develop a program which incentivizes unemployed individuals to enter jobs in healthcare.
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New York Senate Bill S05379

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation work performed under private contract as it relates to certain remediation activities, for sites that are seeking or have received a determination that the site is eligible for the tangible property credit component of the brownfield redevelopment tax credit, and the work is paid for in whole or in part by public funds.
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New York Senate Bill S05381

Introduced
2/21/25  
Requires every food establishment to label all prepackaged food with a written notification on the package or on a label attached to the package identifying any ingredient with which a product is made that constitutes a major food allergen.