Bill Text: NY A04132 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4132 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the national anthem or the reciting of the pledge of allegiance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to cities [A04132 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04132-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4132

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Cities

        AN  ACT  to  amend the general city law, in relation to establishing the
          prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the national
          anthem or the reciting of the pledge of allegiance

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

     1    Section  1.  The  general  city law is amended by adding a new section
     2  20-h to read as follows:
     3    § 20-h. Prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of  the
     4  national  anthem  or  the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. Any city
     5  that requires a permit for the performance of  an  activity  that  takes
     6  place  on  public  or private land within such city, shall not apply any
     7  requirement to obtain such a permit for, and shall not  levy  or  assess
     8  any  sanction  or  any  other  penalty  against any individual, group or
     9  organization for the non-permitted performance of, the  singing  of  the
    10  national  anthem  of the United States of America or the reciting of the
    11  pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05713-01-1