Assembly Bill A1131

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to flags sold in the state of New York

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1131 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-hhh, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8336
2019-2020: A8651
2021-2022: A1711

2023-A1131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any American flag and New York state flag sold in New York state to be manufactured in the United States.

2023-A1131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1131
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  all
   flags  sold  in  the state of New York be one hundred percent manufac-
   tured in the United States

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-hhh to read as follows:
   §  396-HHH.  SALE  OF  FLAGS.  ONLY FLAGS THAT ARE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
 MANUFACTURED  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  FROM  ARTICLES,  MATERIALS,   OR
 SUPPLIES,  ONE  HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHICH ARE GROWN, PRODUCED OR MANUFAC-
 TURED IN THE UNITED STATES, MAY BE SOLD IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.    FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "FLAG" SHALL MEAN THE FLAG OF THE
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02455-01-3



              

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