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 S02165

Introduced
1/15/25  
Prohibits hospital interference with patient care where the practitioner is acting in good faith and within the scope of their practice; defines emergency medical conditions; requires appropriate medical screening and stabilizing treatment of persons in an emergency department, including pregnant persons, or appropriate transfer.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02217

Introduced
1/16/25  
Requires that notice be given to the community boards when there is a change in service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the New York city transit authority.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02221

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Provides for the establishment of a biennial budgeting system for the state of New York replacing the state annual budget process.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02240

Introduced
1/16/25  
Removes the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02235

Introduced
1/16/25  
Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02236

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Amends provisions relating to payment of wages to include compensation that is not payable solely at the employer's discretion; requires certain notices; expands enforcement provisions.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02237

Introduced
1/16/25  
Enacts the "fair college admissions act"; prohibits legacy admissions policies at colleges and universities in New York; declares such policies and practices to be discriminatory and inequitable.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02238

Introduced
1/16/25  
Amends the school tax reduction credit for residents of cities with a population over one million; implements a child tax credit in such cities.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02274

Introduced
1/16/25  
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02328

Introduced
1/16/25  
Establishes the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm leading to use in the commission of a crime which is a class E felony.