Bill Text: NY S00888 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | 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 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-08 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S00888 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00888-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 888 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment 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. LBD03269-01-3
