New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 36)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02238

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Amends the school tax reduction credit for residents of cities with a population over one million; implements a child tax credit in such cities.
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New York Senate Bill S02430

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Requires that public schools provide instruction on climate change, including but not limited to identifying the causes and impacts of climate change on individuals, environments and communities, and learning to evaluate solutions.
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New York Senate Bill S05944

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve; requires the department of education and the department of health to review data pertaining to the results of such screenings for local and statewide trends concerning teenage depression.
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New York Senate Bill S05945

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Restricts participation in the pre-licensing course internet pilot program to persons over the age of 25.
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New York Senate Bill S06001

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Enacts the "fair court of appeals access act" to require applications for leave to appeal to the court of appeals to be made to the full court.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S02433

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Establishes certain rights upon the expiration of ground lease residential cooperative apartment buildings.
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New York Senate Bill S02429

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Creates a work opportunity tax credit.
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New York Senate Bill J00247

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January 2025, as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S05941

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide insurance coverage in amounts equal to the financial responsibility requirements set forth in section three hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law; removes requirements relating to requiring additional insurance coverage.
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New York Senate Bill S05926

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Establishes the COVID-19 pandemic response study commission to conduct a study of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic; provides for the repeal of such commission upon the completion of the commission's final report.
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New York Senate Bill J00441

Introduced
3/4/25  
Mourning the death of Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, distinguished citizen and devoted member of her community
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New York Senate Bill S05998

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety.
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New York Senate Bill S05996

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Relates to permitting individuals enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood arrivals program to apply for professional licenses if they meet all additional requirements.
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New York Senate Bill S05016

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Authorizes visitation at all general confinement correctional facilities seven days a week.
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New York Senate Bill S05037

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Engrossed
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.