Bill Text: NY A03289 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3289

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits a person convicted of rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof under 18 U.S.C. Section 2383 from holding civil office in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A03289 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03289-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3289

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 2, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BORES, ALVAREZ, ARDILA, BURGOS, DINOWITZ, GIBBS,
          GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, LAVINE, LEE, LEVENBERG, RAGA, SEAWRIGHT, SHIM-
          SKY, SIMONE, TAYLOR, ZACCARO, SIMON, RAMOS, FALL, SILLITTI, RIVERA  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to  amend the public officers law, in relation to prohibiting a
          person convicted of rebellion or insurrection against the authority of
          the United States or the laws thereof from holding civil office in the
          state

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be referred to
     2  as the "Restrict Insurrectionists from Office Taking (RIOT) Act".
     3    § 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1-a of section 3 of the public offi-
     4  cers  law, as added by section 31-b of subpart A of part H of chapter 55
     5  of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (i) No person shall be capable of holding a  civil  office  who  shall
     7  stand  convicted  of  a  felony  defined  in article two hundred or four
     8  hundred ninety-six or section 195.20 of the  penal  law,  or  who  shall
     9  stand convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2383.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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