Bill Text: NY A04055 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of merchandise with symbols of hate; defines "symbols of hate" to include, but not be limited to, symbols of white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A04055 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A04055-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4055 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of merchandise with symbols of hate The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 391-bb to read as follows: 3 § 391-bb. Prohibit sale of merchandise with symbols of hate. 1. No 4 person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall sell any 5 merchandise which displays any symbols of hate or any similar image, or 6 tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the 7 image appears in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an 8 educational or historical purpose. 9 2. For the purposes of this section, the term "symbols of hate" shall 10 include, but not be limited to, symbols of white supremacy, neo-Nazi 11 ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederate. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08477-01-1
