New York State Senator

Kristen Gonzalez 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 22)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S05674

Introduced
2/27/25  
Establishes the New York State social housing development authority as a public benefit corporation to increase the supply of permanently affordable housing in the state through the acquisition of land and renovation or rehabilitation of existing real property, and through the construction of new, permanently affordable housing.
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New York Senate Bill S05680

Introduced
2/27/25  
Provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision; requires the department to promptly notify the next kin and any other person designated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody.
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New York Senate Bill S05681

Introduced
2/27/25  
Relates to second felony drug offenders.
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New York Senate Bill S05684

Introduced
2/27/25  
Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.
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New York Senate Bill S05775

Introduced
2/28/25  
Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times within an eighteen month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications for a period of ninety days.
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New York Senate Bill S05816

Introduced
3/3/25  
Establishes the homeless protection act which designates certain offenses against homeless persons as hate crimes; includes the definition of homelessness.
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New York Senate Bill S06179

Introduced
3/6/25  
Requires the development of guidelines and procedures by the office of mental health to help avert retraumatization of victims of sexual offenses in a behavioral health outpatient setting.
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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 S06361

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Prohibits unfair residential real estate service agreements which are certain service agreements which are not to be performed within two years following the time such agreement is entered into.
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New York Senate Bill S06379

Introduced
3/12/25  
Establishes protections for adults sixty years of age or older, or at least the age of eighteen and who, because of mental or physical impairments, are unable to manage their own resources or protect themselves from financial exploitation without assistance from others.
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New York Senate Bill S06536

Introduced
3/17/25  
Withholds the governor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs; provides such salary should be withheld if the budget has not passed prior to the first day of the fiscal year and shall not be paid until such passage occurs.
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New York Senate Bill S06772

Introduced
3/24/25  
Establishes the civil right to counsel in eviction proceedings in New York state; creates the New York state office of civil representation; requires that covered individuals be given notice of such right to counsel.
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New York Senate Bill S06800

Introduced
3/24/25  
Removes the board of trustees of the state university of New York as a charter entity.
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New York Senate Bill S06806

Introduced
3/24/25  
Requires school districts and charter schools to establish a task force to make recommendations on model curriculum or instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school and high school students.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S06394

Introduced
3/13/25  
Refer
3/13/25  
Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities; directs the public service commission to establish a data center surcharge and discount plan.