New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00374

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/12/25  
Requires registration and the disclosure of information relating to lobbying for the nomination or confirmation of persons to state office.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00379

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
6/5/25  
Establishes a high school robotics grant program; provides funding to high schools for participation in robotics competitions; sets forth eligibility requirements; provides for the application and awards process.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00384

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Establishes a right of first refusal in the state for federal public land to be transferred to private parties; prohibits the recording of any deeds for lands that have been transferred out of federal ownership to private ownership without giving the state the right of first refusal.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00395

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00399

Introduced
1/8/25  
Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00402

Introduced
1/8/25  
Includes temporarily erected structures in the definition of "substandard or insanitary area".
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00403

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00404

Introduced
1/8/25  
Prohibits the search, with or without a warrant, of geolocation and keyword data of a group of people who are under no individual suspicion of having committed a crime, but rather are defined by having been at a given location at a given time or searched particular words, phrases, character strings, or websites.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00410

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides that the court shall not reduce jury awards as excessive in employment discrimination actions unless the court finds exceptional circumstances which compel the conclusion that the jury was influenced by partiality, prejudice, mistake or corruption.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00411

Introduced
1/8/25  
Enacts the New York City truth in budgeting act to require notice and a public hearing prior to an increase in the real property tax levy greater than two percent over the prior year.