New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05866

Introduced
3/3/25  
Establishes authority for early childcare savings accounts to provide tax benefits for savings for qualified childcare services; provides for the functions and powers of the comptroller; provides for the program requirements and limitations.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05867

Introduced
3/3/25  
Relates to the certification of registered nurse anesthetists; provides that for such certification an applicant shall file an application, be licensed as a registered professional nurse, have satisfactorily completed educational preparation for the administration of anesthesia by an accredited entity and pay a fee.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05944

Introduced
3/4/25  
Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve; requires the department of education and the department of health to review data pertaining to the results of such screenings for local and statewide trends concerning teenage depression.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05945

Introduced
3/4/25  
Restricts participation in the pre-licensing course internet pilot program to persons over the age of 25.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06001

Introduced
3/4/25  
Enacts the "fair court of appeals access act" to require applications for leave to appeal to the court of appeals to be made to the full court.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05868

Introduced
3/3/25  
Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees and their dependents or reducing the employer's contributions for such insurance; defines employers to include the state, municipalities, school districts, and public authorities and commissions.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05926

Introduced
3/4/25  
Establishes the COVID-19 pandemic response study commission to conduct a study of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic; provides for the repeal of such commission upon the completion of the commission's final report.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05941

Introduced
3/4/25  
Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide insurance coverage in amounts equal to the financial responsibility requirements set forth in section three hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law; removes requirements relating to requiring additional insurance coverage.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05996

Introduced
3/4/25  
Relates to permitting individuals enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood arrivals program to apply for professional licenses if they meet all additional requirements.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05998

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires the court to appoint an attorney to represent the child when credible allegations of serious risk to the child's safety have been made.