New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01680

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Commemorating the Inaugural Celebration of Bronx Day on March 10, 2026
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New York Senate Bill J01681

Introduced
2/27/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Congratulating the Potsdam Central High School Girls Hockey Team upon the occasion of capturing the NYSPHSAA Girls Hockey Championship
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New York Senate Bill S08838

Introduced
1/8/26  
Provides parity to durable medical equipment providers by requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse such providers at no less than one hundred percent of the medical assistance durable medical equipment fee schedule for the same service or item.
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New York Senate Bill S08842

Introduced
1/8/26  
Relates to due process rights for non-public school students with special needs.
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New York Senate Bill S08854

Introduced
1/9/26  
Grants the family court jurisdiction to determine guardianship of minors and infants when there are extraordinary circumstances, including deportation, removal, or forced departure of a parent from the United States; requires the office of court administration to revise certain orders or forms used by the family court to comply with such provisions; provides that the court may, but need not, find abuse, neglect, or abandonment where extraordinary circumstances are found to exist.
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New York Senate Bill J01392

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 11-17, 2026, as Black Maternal Health Week in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01395

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Commemorating the 56th Anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2026
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New York Senate Bill J01399

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 29, 2026, as Denim Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill J01410

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/21/26  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 29, 2026, as Vietnam Veterans Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S08902

Introduced
1/14/26  
Ensures services provided in school-based health centers are not provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs.
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New York Senate Bill S02058

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
1/27/26  
Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08839

Introduced
1/8/26  
Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to The New York Climate Exchange Inc. for the construction of facilities on Governor's Island.
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New York Senate Bill S08850

Introduced
1/9/26  
Establishes the NY digital choice act requiring social media companies to provide covered users with a copy of the covered user's social graph at the request of the covered user; defines terms; provides requirements for the interoperability of covered users' data; grants the attorney general the authority to promulgate rules and regulations and enforce such provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S08921

Introduced
1/15/26  
Adds certain gains with respect to small business stock excluded pursuant to section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code as an increase to adjusted gross income.
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New York Senate Bill S02082

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Provides for a working families tax credit; directs quarterly prepayment of the credit; provides for a sliding reduction in the credit for incomes which exceed a certain threshold.