New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08467

Introduced
7/30/25  
Refer
7/30/25  
Refer
8/20/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to the redistricting of congressional and state legislative districts and to redistricting in the event that another state has acted to determine the district lines for congressional offices more than once in less than ten years.
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New York Senate Bill J01191

Introduced
6/6/25  
Refer
6/6/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Congratulating Shawn MacKinnon upon the occasion of his retirement after 30 years of distinguished service to the New York State Senate
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New York Senate Bill S08451

Introduced
7/7/25  
Refer
7/7/25  
Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides transparency requirements for news media content composed, authored, or otherwise created through generative AI.
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New York Senate Bill S08360

Introduced
6/5/25  
Refer
6/5/25  
Requires every franchisor, including its affiliates and subsidiaries to properly fulfill any warranty agreement and/or franchisor's service contract and to compensate each of its franchised motor vehicle dealers for warranty parts and labor, including but not limited to all warranty repairs, extended service contract repairs, extended warranty repairs, campaigns, service bulletins, policy repairs, component part warranties, factory compensated repairs, recalls, diagnostics, parts and other voluntary stop-sell repairs, and any other franchisor compensated repairs; relates to reimbursement to a motor vehicle dealer from a motor vehicle franchisor.
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New York Senate Bill S08416

Introduced
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Enrolled
12/8/25  
Chaptered
12/19/25  
Enacts the "fostering affordability and integrity through reasonable (FAIR) business practices act", to expand the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices.
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New York Senate Bill S08500

Introduced
9/10/25  
Refer
9/10/25  
Establishes a right of action for the deprivation of constitutional rights; provides for compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and reasonable attorney's fees.
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New York Senate Bill J00821

Introduced
4/16/25  
Refer
4/16/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 4, 2025, as Star Wars Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S07453

Introduced
4/16/25  
Provides protection to employees and former employees from retaliatory actions by employers for the reporting of illegal or dangerous business activities.
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New York Senate Bill J00823

Introduced
4/16/25  
Refer
4/16/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 28, 2025, as Taiwan Heritage Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S07472

Introduced
4/17/25  
Requires school districts to conduct mandatory early screening for dyslexia for all children commencing in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten and continuing thereafter on an annual basis until each child successfully completes second grade; requires school districts to designate an individual to maintain complete and accurate records containing early screening reports for each child, and to provide resources and materials to the parent and/or guardian of any child who displays indications of dyslexia.
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New York Senate Bill J00827

Introduced
4/17/25  
Refer
4/17/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Congratulating Yvonne Reddick upon the occasion of her retirement as District Manager after more than 40 years of distinguished service to Community Board 12
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New York Senate Bill S07481

Introduced
4/17/25  
Refer
4/17/25  
Establishes the nail salon minimum standards council act; establishes the nail salon minimum standards council which shall investigate wages and standards within the nail salon industry and submit recommendations on minimum wages, regulations and standards for nail salon workers.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07498

Introduced
4/21/25  
Refer
4/21/25  
Provides a mechanism for establishing the existence of a writing creating or amending a lifetime trust which was either lost or destroyed.
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New York Senate Bill J00836

Introduced
4/21/25  
Refer
4/21/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 24, 2025 as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J00835

Introduced
4/21/25  
Refer
4/21/25  
Report Pass
4/29/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to recognize April 20, 2025, in honor of the 248th Anniversary of the adoption of the first New York State Constitution