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Assembly Bill A3289

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the Restrict Insurrectionists from Office Taking (RIOT) Act

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2023-A3289 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S888
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1225

2023-A3289 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2023-A3289 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3289
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BORES, ALVAREZ, ARDILA, BURGOS, DINOWITZ, GIBBS,
   GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, LAVINE, LEE, LEVENBERG, RAGA, SEAWRIGHT, SHIM-
   SKY, SIMONE, TAYLOR, ZACCARO, SIMON, RAMOS, FALL, SILLITTI, RIVERA  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental 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:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be referred to
 as the "Restrict Insurrectionists from Office Taking (RIOT) Act".
   § 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1-a of section 3 of the public offi-
 cers  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:
   (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  WHO  SHALL
 STAND CONVICTED OF VIOLATING 18 U.S.C. § 2383.
   § 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

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