New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00986

Introduced
5/12/25  
Refer
5/12/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2025, as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00989

Introduced
5/12/25  
Refer
5/12/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Congratulating the 2025 New York State Senate Women of Distinction
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01020

Introduced
5/14/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 19, 2025, as Italian American Day in the State of New York
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01059

Introduced
5/16/25  
Refer
5/16/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Commemorating the Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center's Lunch by the Bay honoring Paul Romeo as 2025 Father of the Year on June 29, 2025
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01067

Introduced
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Honoring the Lexington School for the Deaf upon the occasion of hosting its 28th Annual Basketball Classic vs. Assembly/Senate All-Stars on May 20, 2025
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01097

Introduced
5/23/25  
Honoring the distinguished veterans from the State of New York upon the occasion of their induction into the New York State Senate 2025 Veterans Hall of Fame
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J01098

Introduced
5/27/25  
Refer
5/27/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Welcoming the students, teachers and administrators of the Bronx High School of Science to the Legislative Chambers in Albany, New York on May 28, 2025
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00028

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Eliminates provisions exempting employees with disabilities from the minimum wage law; provides that laws or minimum wage orders that authorize an employer to pay a wage that is less than the minimum wage are valid provided that under such laws or orders an employee with a disability is paid the same wage as an employee in a comparable position that does not have a disability.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00053

Introduced
1/8/25  
Lowers the blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while intoxicated from .18 per centum to .12.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00054

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/13/25  
Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes where the victim is under the influence of any drug, intoxicant, or other substance to a degree which rendered the victim temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling such person's conduct and such condition was known or reasonably should have been known to a person in the actor's situation.