New York State Senator

Andrew Gounardes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 31)

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New York Senate Bill S05998

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Engrossed
6/13/25  
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.
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New York Senate Bill S06120

Introduced
3/5/25  
Establishes a tax credit of up to $5,000 for the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE) by employers who employ less than 500 people.
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New York Senate Bill S06225

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Requires inspections of child day care homes, programs and facilities include the full premises; requires providers of a family day care home or group family day care home to disclose to the office of children and family services all persons who reside in the home where child day care is being provided; requires all providers of child day care to receive training for, provide and maintain onsite opioid antagonists for use during emergencies.
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New York Senate Bill S06260

Introduced
3/7/25  
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment due to a change in law; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; relates to the requirements of discovery.
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New York Senate Bill S06352

Introduced
3/11/25  
Includes nurse practitioners as a provider of services for purposes of collaborative drug therapy management; makes the authorization for pharmacists to perform such management permanent.
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New York Senate Bill S06398

Introduced
3/13/25  
Establishes the class A-I felony of operating as a major firearms trafficker.

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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.
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New York Senate Bill S06157

Introduced
3/5/25  
Establishes a statewide multi-agency integrated data system for certain violations relating to motor vehicle registration and use which may be accessed by local law enforcement agencies for the issuance of fines, tickets, or notices of liability related to traffic offenses.
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New York Senate Bill S06158

Introduced
3/5/25  
Relates to radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and the registration of motor vehicles.
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New York Senate Bill S06289

Introduced
3/10/25  
Refer
3/10/25  
Relates to primary social security retirement benefits for certain members; provides that in the computation of the normal service retirement benefit of members of the New York city fire department pension fund, there shall be no reduction for the primary social security retirement benefit.
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New York Senate Bill S06329

Introduced
3/10/25  
Relates to the license requirements for the practice of respiratory therapy; requires additional education.
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New York Senate Bill S06414

Introduced
3/13/25  
Relates to the weigh in motion monitoring systems and the data generated in conjunction with such systems pursuant to a demonstration program on interstate route 278 in Kings county; extends the authorization for such program.
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New York Senate Bill S06638

Introduced
3/19/25  
Relates to calculating certain pensions; increases pension calculation from thirty-five to forty per centum of final average salary.
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New York Senate Bill S06639

Introduced
3/19/25  
Refer
3/19/25  
Increases the limitation of overtime compensation in final average salary calculations from fifteen percent to thirty percent.
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New York Senate Bill S06640

Introduced
3/19/25  
Refer
3/19/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Engrossed
6/9/25  
Refer
6/9/25  
Provides an option for beneficiaries of NYC transit authority members to receive a lump sum equal to the pension reserve where a member who is eligible for a service retirement dies prior to filing for retirement.