New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 12)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S00514

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to the mandatory coverage of hearing aids by insurers and other organizations.
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New York Senate Bill S00524

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
2/26/25  
Establishes the crime of voyeurism in the first and second degree which is defined as when someone for their own amusement, entertainment, profit, sexual arousal or sexual gratification trespasses for the purpose of viewing a person dressing or undressing or the sexual or other intimate parts of such person at a place and time when such person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without such person's knowledge or consent.
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New York Senate Bill S00550

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
5/19/25  
Refer
5/19/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Requires a caller making a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the central register to leave their name and contact information; prohibits the office of children and family services from releasing information identifying a person who made such a report.
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New York Senate Bill S00551

Introduced
1/8/25  
Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.
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New York Senate Bill S00559

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Engrossed
4/30/25  
Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $350 in New York city.
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New York Senate Bill S00594

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
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New York Senate Bill S00639

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to special provisions for the operation of bicycles when approaching stop signs and traffic-control signals including steady circular red signals and red arrow signals.
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New York Senate Bill S00664

Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/25  
Engrossed
5/28/25  
Subjects to taxation the possessory interest of a private individual or corporation which uses real property owned by the United States or the state, except for real property owned by public authorities, for business purposes; excludes private property where the use is for a concession available to the general public located on property, such as parks, available for the use of the general public.
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New York Senate Bill S00665

Introduced
1/8/25  
Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.
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New York Senate Bill S00701

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to campaign funds for personal use.
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New York Senate Bill S00705

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to fair pricing for low-complexity, routine medical care to more closely align payment rates across ambulatory settings for selected services that are safe and appropriate to provide in all settings.
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New York Senate Bill S00727

Introduced
1/8/25  
Provides that in toxic tort cases the date of discovery of the injury by the plaintiff or claimant is presumed to be the date of diagnosis and where the specific toxic etiological cause of injury is not known for up to ten years (instead of five years) after the injury itself is discovered a plaintiff shall have three years to file a claim from the time such specific cause is discovered.
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New York Senate Bill S00844

Introduced
1/8/25  
Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S00748

Introduced
1/8/25  
Makes technical changes to certain provisions requiring epinephrine auto-injector devices to be made available in places of public assembly; amends the effectiveness of such provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S00797

Introduced
1/8/25  
Amends certain provisions requiring the termination of connected vehicle services upon the request of a domestic violence victim; requires the provider of the connected vehicle services to terminate such services within two days of receiving a request; directs the office for the prevention of domestic violence to make information available on their website; defines terms.