S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6349
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LUCAS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to prohibiting a
person convicted of rebellion or insurrection against the authority of
the United States or the laws thereof from state and municipal employ-
ment
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subdivision 1 of section
105 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of
1958, are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
(a) by word of mouth or writing [wilfully] WILLFULLY and deliberately
advocates, advises or teaches the doctrine that the government of the
United States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof
should be overthrown or overturned by force, violence or any unlawful
means; [or]
(b) prints, publishes, edits, issues or sells, any book, paper, docu-
ment or written or printed matter in any form, containing or advocating,
advising or teaching the doctrine that the government of the United
States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof should be
overthrown by force, violence or any unlawful means, and who advocates,
advises, teaches, or embraces the duty, necessity or propriety of adopt-
ing the doctrine contained therein; [or]
(c) organizes or helps to organize or becomes a member of any society
or group of persons which teaches or advocates that the government of
the United States or of any state or of any political subdivision there-
of shall be overthrown by force or violence, or by any unlawful
means[.]; OR
(D) SHALL STAND CONVICTED OF VIOLATING SECTION TWO THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF TITLE EIGHTEEN OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07913-01-5
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