| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Feb 09, 2020 | print number 8605a |
| Feb 09, 2020 | amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations |
| Jan 08, 2020 | referred to governmental operations |
| Oct 02, 2019 | referred to governmental operations |
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Co-Sponsors
Nathalia Fernandez
Michael DenDekker
Judy Griffin
Daniel O'Donnell
A8605 - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8605
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
October 2, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the civil rights law, in
relation to prohibiting persons from holding public office or posi-
tions of political party leadership when convicted of certain felonies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section
3-d to read as follows:
§ 3-D. RESTRICTIONS UPON HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE; FELONY CONVICTION. 1.
NO PERSON SHALL BE CAPABLE OF HOLDING A CIVIL OFFICE OR A POSITION OF
LEADERSHIP IN A POLITICAL PARTY FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS IF HE OR SHE
HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY FELONY UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE,
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE,
ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE, TWO HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED TEN, OR TWO HUNDRED
FIFTEEN OF THE PENAL LAW OR ANY FELONY UNDER CHAPTER 11, 15, 25, 29, 31,
41, 47, 63, 73, 79, OR 93 OF TITLE 18 OF THE US CODE.
2. NO PERSON SHALL BE CAPABLE OF JOINING A POLITICAL COMMITTEE FOR A
PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF ANY SENTENCE FOR A
FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED
NINETY-FIVE, TWO HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED TEN, OR TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE
PENAL LAW OR ANY FELONY UNDER CHAPTER 11, 15, 25, 29, 31, 41, 47, 63,
73, 79, OR 93 OF TITLE 18 OF THE US CODE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HE OR
SHE HAS OBTAINED A CERTIFICATE OF RELIEF OF DISABILITIES FROM THE DIVI-
SION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 79 of the civil rights law, as amended
by chapter 687 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
1. Except as provided in subdivision two OF THIS SECTION a sentence of
imprisonment in a state correctional institution for any term less than
for life or a sentence of imprisonment in a state correctional institu-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
Nathalia Fernandez
Michael DenDekker
Judy Griffin
Daniel O'Donnell
A8605A (ACTIVE) - Details
A8605A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
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8605--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
October 2, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, FERNANDEZ, DenDEKKER, GRIFFIN, O'DONNELL --
read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --
recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to prohibiting
persons from holding civil office when convicted of certain felonies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 3 of the public officers law, as
added by section 31-b of subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
1-a. (i) No person shall be capable of holding a civil office who
shall stand convicted of a felony defined in article two hundred or four
hundred ninety-six or section 195.20 of the penal law, OR A FELONY,
COMMITTED THROUGH THE USE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH HIS OR HER CIVIL
OFFICE, DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE PENAL LAW OR CHAP-
TER 11, 19, 31 OR 63 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, OR SHALL BE
CAPABLE OF HOLDING CIVIL OFFICE, FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FOLLOWING THE
COMPLETION OF SENTENCE, FOR A FELONY, COMMITTED THROUGH THE USE OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH HIS OR HER CIVIL OFFICE, UNDER CHAPTER 47 OF TITLE 18 OF
THE UNITED STATES CODE.
(ii) Any individual who stands convicted of a misdemeanor defined in
article two hundred, article four hundred ninety-six or section 195.00
of the penal law may not hold civil office for a period of five years
[from the date of conviction] FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF SENTENCE,
provided that in the event such conviction is the result of a plea
agreement resulting in a plea to such charge in lieu of a plea or
conviction of a felony defined in section 195.20, article two hundred or
article four hundred ninety-six of the penal law, all parties to such
agreement may agree that the period of such bar may be for a period of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.