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D New York Senate · District 26 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Andrew Gounardes

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Total votes
16,044
all sessions
Attendance
98%
278 missed
Lower than 76% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 86% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 88% of chamber peers
Sponsored
2,033
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
10
assignments
2,033 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
2,033
Primary
648
Co-sponsor
1,385
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Co-sponsor S 4982
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Protects employee freedom of speech & conscience

Protects employee freedom of speech and conscience by prohibiting employers from coercing employees into attending or participating in meetings sponsored by the employer concerning the employer's views on political or religious matters.

Signed into law Sep 6, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 4887
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"

Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"; relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use, excavate, or open a street is required to be issued.

Signed into law Aug 16, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Primary S 6246
Signed into law · New York Senate · Lead sponsor
Relates to calibration checks for weigh in motion violation monitoring systems

Requires that each weigh in motion violation monitoring system undergo a calibration check every six months in accordance with specifications prescribed pursuant to a memorandum of agreement between the New York city department of transportation and the New York state department of agriculture and markets, or in accordance with an applicable reference standard as determined by the New York city department of transportation.

Signed into law Jul 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor S 2475
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Relates to certain prohibitions regarding the legal system and gender-affirming care

Prohibits consideration of a law of another state that authorizes a child to be removed from their parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming care in custody cases; prohibits law enforcement agencies from cooperating with or providing information to any individual or out-of-state agency or department regarding the provision of lawful gender-affirming care performed in this state; prohibits the issuance of a subpoena in connection with certain out-of-state proceedings relating to seeking health or related information about people who come to New York to receive gender-affirming care; prohibits the arrest of a person for performing or aiding in the lawful performance of gender-affirming care within this state; relates to the extradition of gender-affirming care providers; relates to licensure of health care providers; prohibits insurance providers from taking adverse action against a health care provider who provides gender-affirming care.

Signed into law Jun 25, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 1066
Signed into law · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Relates to providing protections to health service providers who perform legally protected health activities

Provides certain legal protections for reproductive health service providers who provide legally protected health activities including protection from extradition, arrest and legal proceedings in other states relating to such services; restricts the use of evidence relating to the involvement of a party in providing legally protected health activity to persons located out-of-state.

Signed into law Jun 23, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 1991
In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Establishes a twenty year retirement plan for members or officers of law enforcement

Relates to establishing a twenty year retirement plan for members or officers of law enforcement; includes every non-seasonally appointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university police officers in such twenty year plan.

In committee Jun 9, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor S 7551
In committee · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Relates to the automatic sealing of certain convictions

Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.

In committee Jun 9, 2023 1 co-sponsor
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