This billboard was posted on the route to the State Senate in Albany, where the lawmakers who would be voting on the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA) would pass it every day. SONDA was passed by the State Senate on on December 17, 2002, by a bipartisan vote of 34 – 26.This billboard was posted on the route to the State Senate in Albany, where the lawmakers who would be voting on the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA) would pass it every day. SONDA was passed by the State Senate on on December 17, 2002, by a bipartisan vote of 34 – 26.