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Assembly Bill A1225

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the Restrict Insurrectionists from Office Taking (RIOT) Act

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2025-A1225 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3289

2025-A1225 (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 an elected office, a judgeship, or an appointed position in the state.

2025-A1225 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1225
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BORES, ALVAREZ, DINOWITZ, GIBBS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
   KELLES, LAVINE,  LEE,  LEVENBERG,  RAGA,  SEAWRIGHT,  SIMONE,  TAYLOR,
   ZACCARO,  SIMON,  RAMOS,  FALL,  RIVERA, GLICK, MEEKS, BURDICK, TAPIA,
   CUNNINGHAM, DAVILA, ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee 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 an elected  office,
   a judgeship, or an appointed position 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. Subdivision 1-a of section  3  of  the  public  officers  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (iii) to read as follows:
   (III)  NO  PERSON  SHALL  BE  CAPABLE  OF HOLDING AN ELECTED OFFICE, A
 JUDGESHIP OR AN APPOINTED POSITION WHO  SHALL STAND CONVICTED OF VIOLAT-
 ING 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.
                                                            LBD02170-01-5

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