New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 45)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S07193

Introduced
4/3/25  
Extends the effectiveness of the New York black car operators' injury compensation fund, inc., for an additional three years.
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New York Senate Bill S08512

Introduced
9/24/25  
Refer
9/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet.
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New York Senate Bill J01293

Introduced
11/5/25  
Refer
11/5/25  
Report Pass
1/13/26  
Commending Armando Gramajo and Shayla Gramajo upon the occasion of their designation as recipients of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon individuals by the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill S08518

Introduced
10/1/25  
Refer
10/1/25  
Imposes an excise tax on any taxpayer engaged in the trade or business of digital asset mining; provides that taxes, interest, and penalties collected or received from such taxes shall be used for prompt assistance to utility customers enrolled in energy affordability programs.
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New York Senate Bill S08545

Introduced
10/24/25  
Refer
10/24/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Requires that newborns are tested for Gaucher disease.
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New York Senate Bill S08596

Introduced
12/3/25  
Refer
12/3/25  
Exempts certain people from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from a polling place.
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New York Senate Bill S08599

Introduced
12/3/25  
Refer
12/3/25  
Relates to certain crimes of interference with health care services or access to places of religious worship; expands interference to include groups of two or more people demonstrating or preparing to demonstrate twenty-five feet outside of reproductive health care facilities and places of religious worship.
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New York Senate Bill S08604

Introduced
12/5/25  
Refer
12/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/12/26  
Engrossed
1/12/26  
Moves the date of the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March, also known as Super Tuesday.
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New York Senate Bill J02043

Introduced
5/4/26  
Refer
5/4/26  
Report Pass
5/5/26  
Congratulating the 2026 New York State Senate Women of Distinction
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New York Senate Bill S10171

Introduced
5/4/26  
Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is brought.
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New York Senate Bill S09629

Introduced
3/30/26  
Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to injuries or deaths of minors resulting from failure to safely store a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08413

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Enrolled
6/26/25  
Chaptered
6/26/25  
Enacts the "City of Dunkirk Revenue Anticipation Note Refinancing Act" to authorize a loan to be made from the state to the city of Dunkirk (Part A); makes an appropriation therefor (Part B).
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New York Senate Bill S08533

Introduced
10/17/25  
Refer
10/17/25  
Prohibits organized militias from another state, territory, or district from entering into New York for the purpose of doing military duty without the express permission of the governor unless such militia has been called into federal service and is acting under authority of the president of the United States.
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New York Senate Bill S08587

Introduced
11/19/25  
Refer
11/19/25  
Requires child day care centers to have epinephrine devices and staff trained to use them on site in case of anaphylaxis or other severe allergic reaction.
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New York Senate Bill S10189

Introduced
5/5/26  
Relates to the definition of overtime ceiling for members who first become members of a public retirement system of the state on or after April first, two thousand twelve.