New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 18)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S02061

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Provides for certain presumptions for reckless driving and the implementation of a reckless driving and vehicular violence awareness component of the pre-licensing course for driver's licenses.
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New York Senate Bill S02085

Introduced
1/15/25  
Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.
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New York Senate Bill S02131

Introduced
1/15/25  
Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft.
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New York Senate Bill S02132

Introduced
1/15/25  
Establishes the baby bucks allowance to provide income to eligible participants for the last three months of pregnancy and the first 18 months of the child's life; excludes income received from the baby bucks allowance for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility.
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New York Senate Bill S02136

Introduced
1/15/25  
Prohibits a person currently employed by the governor in the executive chamber or employed as a lobbyist from being appointed to a position that requires approval of the senate.
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New York Senate Bill S02160

Introduced
1/15/25  
Prohibits the city of New York from increasing property taxes where a property's assessed value has decreased in the previous year; applies only to class one and class two properties.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New York Senate Bill S02240

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

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S02082

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Provides for a working families tax credit; directs quarterly prepayment of the credit; provides for a sliding reduction in the credit for incomes which exceed a certain threshold.
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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.
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New York Senate Bill S02236

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Amends provisions relating to payment of wages to include compensation that is not payable solely at the employer's discretion; requires certain notices.
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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.
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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.