Bill Text: NY S00346 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 346 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the national anthem or the reciting of the pledge of allegiance.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S00346 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00346-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           346
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation  to  establishing  the
          prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the national
          anthem or the reciting of the pledge of allegiance
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general city law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
     2  20-h to read as follows:
     3    §  20-h. Prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the
     4  national anthem or the reciting of the pledge of  allegiance.  Any  city
     5  that  requires  a  permit  for the performance of an activity that takes
     6  place on public or private land within such city, shall  not  apply  any
     7  requirement  to  obtain  such a permit for, and shall not levy or assess
     8  any sanction or any other  penalty  against  any  individual,  group  or
     9  organization  for  the  non-permitted performance of, the singing of the
    10  national anthem of the United States of America or the reciting  of  the
    11  pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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