Assembly Bill A10729A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate

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  • 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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2019-A10729 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8298
Law Section:
Public Buildings Law
Laws Affected:
Add §146, Pub Bldg L; amd §16, Ag Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10729, S8298

2019-A10729 - Summary

Prohibits the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum or serves an educational or historical purpose; defines term "symbol of hate" to be symbols of white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.

2019-A10729 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10729
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 1, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bichotte) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to prohibiting the
   state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
 146 to read as follows:
   § 146. PROHIBIT SYMBOLS OF HATE. 1. THE STATE OF NEW  YORK  SHALL  NOT
 SELL  OR  DISPLAY  ANY  SYMBOL OF HATE OR ANY SIMILAR IMAGE, OR TANGIBLE
 PERSONAL PROPERTY, INSCRIBED WITH SUCH AN IMAGE UNLESS THE IMAGE APPEARS
 IN A BOOK,  DIGITAL MEDIUM, OR STATE MUSEUM THAT SERVES  AN  EDUCATIONAL
 OR HISTORICAL PURPOSE.
   2.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SYMBOL OF HATE" SHALL
 BE SYMBOLS OF WHITE SUPREMACIST AND NEO-NAZI IDEOLOGY,  INCLUDING    BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO THE BATTLE FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY, ALSO REFERRED TO AS
 THE STARS AND BARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16200-02-0

2019-A10729A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8298
Law Section:
Public Buildings Law
Laws Affected:
Add §146, Pub Bldg L; amd §16, Ag Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10729, S8298

2019-A10729A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum or serves an educational or historical purpose; defines term "symbol of hate" to be symbols of white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.

2019-A10729A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10729--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 1, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bichotte) --
   read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public buildings law and the agriculture and markets
   law,  in relation to prohibiting the state of New York from selling or
   displaying symbols of hate
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
 146 to read as follows:
   §  146.  PROHIBIT  SYMBOLS OF HATE. 1. THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL NOT
 SELL OR DISPLAY ANY SYMBOLS OF HATE OR ANY SIMILAR  IMAGE,  OR  TANGIBLE
 PERSONAL PROPERTY, INSCRIBED WITH SUCH AN IMAGE UNLESS THE IMAGE APPEARS
 IN A BOOK, DIGITAL MEDIUM, MUSEUM, OR OTHERWISE SERVES AN EDUCATIONAL OR
 HISTORICAL PURPOSE.
   2.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SYMBOLS OF HATE" SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SYMBOLS  OF  WHITE  SUPREMACY,  NEO-NAZI
 IDEOLOGY OR THE BATTLE FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY.
   §  2.  Section  16  of  the  agriculture and markets law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 51 to read as follows:
   51. TAKE ANY MEASURES NECESSARY TO PROHIBIT THE SALE, ON  THE  GROUNDS
 OF  THE  STATE FAIR AND ANY OTHER FAIRS THAT RECEIVE GOVERNMENT FUNDING,
 OF SYMBOLS OF HATE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  BUILDINGS LAW,  OR ANY SIMILAR IMAGE, OR TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROP-
 ERTY, INSCRIBED WITH SUCH AN IMAGE, UNLESS THE IMAGE APPEARS IN A  BOOK,
 DIGITAL  MEDIUM,  OR  OTHERWISE  SERVES  AN  EDUCATIONAL  OR  HISTORICAL
 PURPOSE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect  immediately.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
 effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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