New York Senator Andrew Gounardes [D]

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NYS06875Intro
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Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Elections Committee
NYS07684Intro
25%
Establishes an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute within the state university of New York as an initiative for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leaders in higher education with a miss...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Higher Education Committee
NYS04750Intro
25%
Relates to action arising out of consumer debt; defines consumer debt and replaces consumer credit transaction with such term.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee
NYS07663Intro
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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2024-01-03
To Senate Social Services Committee
NYS07744Intro
25%
Requires retailers to affix a notice on any bicycles with electric assist and/or electric powered or lithium-ion electric batteries or any scooters with electric assist and/or electric powered or lithium-ion electric batteries which states that: "NOT...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
NYS07746Intro
25%
Requires any dealer where bicycles and/or scooters with electric assist, electric-powered or lithium-ion electric batteries are sold at retail or repaired, and/or lithium-ion electric batteries are housed in a storage facility to maintain functional ...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
NYS06616Intro
25%
Prohibits hospital interference with patient care where the practitioner is acting in good faith and within the scope of their practice.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Health Committee
NYS04148Intro
25%
Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Higher Education Committee
NYS07791Intro
25%
Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specifie...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Housing, Construction, and Community Development Committee
NYS07859Intro
25%
Requires student financial aid award letters to contain information on net costs, defined as an estimate of the costs of attendance after financial aid which does not require repayment and options for loans which do require repayment.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Banks Committee
NYS07856Intro
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Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Elections Committee
NYS07857Intro
25%
Directs the higher education services corporation to create a net price calculator center for colleges on its website.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Higher Education Committee
NYS07858Intro
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Requires colleges to publish responses to the survey created by the Common Data Set Initiative, relating to admissions and financial aid process, annual expenses, academic offerings, graduation rate, student demographics, instructional faculty and cl...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Higher Education Committee
NYS07905Intro
25%
Enacts the climate and community investment act; prioritizes the allocation of public investments in disadvantaged communities; addresses climate change challenges through the expansion and growth of clean and renewable energy sources; adopts best va...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
NYS02966Intro
25%
Requires certain watercraft, aircrafts, and trains to use clean energy, including ensuring such vehicles are zero-emissions; requires NYSERDA to study zero-emission commercial vehicles, the use of renewable energy in publicly funded airports, and the...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee
NYS00321Intro
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Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Codes Committee
NYS00774Intro
25%
Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
NYS07796Intro
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 custo...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee
NYS06179Intro
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Establishes Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as public holidays, with dates established by religious law and tradition.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee
NYS00206Intro
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Removes the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons; suspends jury service of any person serving a term of incarceration for a felony conviction during the period of such incarceration.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee
NYS01155Intro
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Requires self-help practitioners to disclose information to clients regarding risks, to produce a risk management plan, and to create a registry within the department of state.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
NYS02774Intro
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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 proper...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Local Government Committee
NYS07114Intro
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Requires health insurance plans to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices; caps the cost to an insured at $100 per year.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Insurance Committee
NYS04334Intro
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Expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Health Committee
NYS07013Intro
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Establishes a medical loss ratio for dental insurance of not less than 82% for calendar year 2024 and thereafter.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Insurance Committee
NYS00901Intro
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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 informat...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Children and Families Committee
NYS00902Intro
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Requires a caller making a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the central registry to leave their name and contact information; prohibits the office of children and family services from releasing information identifying a person who m...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Children and Families Committee
NYS00451Intro
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Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times within a twelve month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications for a period of six months.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Transportation Committee
NYS02085Intro
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Relates to the closure of hospitals; includes general hospitals, emergency or maternity departments or the surrender of an operating certificate.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Health Committee
NYS01196PassRequires health insurance policies and medicaid to cover biomarker testing for diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of a covered person's disease or condition when the test is supported by medical and scientific evidenc...
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2023-12-22
APPROVAL MEMO.76
NYS01856PassEnacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesti...
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2023-12-22
APPROVAL MEMO.77
NYS02574PassPermits a claimant to submit an order determining compensation from the workers' compensation board as proof of disability for purposes of real property tax exemptions.
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2023-12-22
APPROVAL MEMO.79
NYS04099PassProvides that it shall be unlawful for any person to organize, sponsor, conduct, promote, or participate in any contest, competition, tournament or derby where the objective of such contest or competition is to take wildlife.
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2023-12-22
SIGNED CHAP.762
NYS05890PassAuthorizes life insurers to establish wellness programs in conjunction with the issuance of life insurance policies; provides for full or partial reimbursement for the cost of a device and associated subscription that can be used to track activity or...
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2023-12-22
APPROVAL MEMO.88
NYS07548VetoRelates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by...
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2023-12-22
VETOED MEMO.148
NYS00214PassExpands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed ...
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2023-12-08
APPROVAL MEMO.43
NYS04097PassDirects the president of the civil service commission to collect health care claims data relating to the price and utilization of hospital benefits by active employees, retired employees and their dependents and to publish a New York State health ben...
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2023-12-08
APPROVAL MEMO.48
NYS04152VetoRequires registration and the disclosure of information relating to lobbying for the nomination or confirmation of persons to state office.
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2023-12-08
VETOED MEMO.102
NYS04972PassProvides that certain members of the police and fire retirement system shall have final average salary be calculated as the regular compensation earned during the twelve months of actual service immediately preceding the date of such member's retirem...
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2023-12-08
SIGNED CHAP.705
NYS05678PassProvides for health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of deceased active members of the New York city fire department who are enrolled in a health insurance plan.
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2023-12-08
SIGNED CHAP.706
NYS06097PassRelates to additional member contributions for certain members under the age fifty-seven retirement program; provides that members holding certain titles who due to their age at the time of enrollment in the age fifty-seven retirement program will no...
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2023-12-08
SIGNED CHAP.708
NYS06877PassPermits a member of the New York city teachers' retirement system, the New York city employees' retirement system, or the New York city board of education retirement system who is eligible to join any other retirement system maintained by the city du...
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2023-12-08
SIGNED CHAP.711
NYS07289PassIncludes thyroid cancer in the list of cancers presumed to be incurred in the performance of duty for purposes of disability retirement for firefighters in a city with a population of one million or more.
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2023-12-08
SIGNED CHAP.715
NYS05026PassEnacts the "freelance isn't free act"; provides for the payment of freelance workers as independent contractors, including requiring written contracts; timely payment of compensation and handling controversies relating to payment, complaint procedure...
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2023-11-21
APPROVAL MEMO.35
NYS06082PassIncludes within the health care and wellness education and outreach program offered by the department of health resources for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss.
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2023-10-17
SIGNED CHAP.533
NYS05186PassRequires the department of environmental conservation to authorize and encourage the use of nature-based solutions as the preferred alternative for stabilizing tidal shorelines in the state; provides such solutions should be considered when promulgat...
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2023-09-22
SIGNED CHAP.487
NYS00587PassRelates to mandatory training curriculum for poll workers; requires the state board of elections to develop and provide to each county materials for a model poll worker training program which the counties may use to train individuals to serve as poll...
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2023-09-20
SIGNED CHAP.477
NYS05572PassIncreases the threshold for applicability of wage payment protections for certain persons employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, from $900 to $1,300 per week.
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2023-09-15
SIGNED CHAP.433
NYS04041PassReplaces certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities in relation to children with such disabilities.
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2023-09-14
SIGNED CHAP.371
NYS04982PassProtects 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.
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2023-09-06
SIGNED CHAP.354
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