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A 1135: Requires any American flag and New York state flag sold in New York state to be manufactured in the United States.
What A 1135 does, verified March 9, 2026
The bill aims to require all flags sold in the state of New York to be 100% manufactured in the United States. The definition of a flag includes the United States flag and the New York state flag. The bill states that only flags made from materials that are 100% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States can be sold in the state. The new law will take effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to consumer affairs and protection (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to consumer affairs and protection |
| Jan. 09, 2025 | referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 9, 2025 · 228 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1135 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring all flags sold in the state of New York be one hundred percent manufac- tured in the United States 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 2 396-hhh to read as follows: 3 § 396-hhh. Sale of flags. Only flags that are one hundred percent 4 manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or 5 supplies, one hundred percent of which are grown, produced or manufac- 6 tured in the United States, may be sold in the state of New York. For 7 the purposes of this section, the term "flag" shall mean the flag of the 8 United States of America and the flag of the state of New York. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03453-01-5
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