A 1225: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1225 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY 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: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be referred to 2 as the "Restrict Insurrectionists from Office Taking (RIOT) Act". 3 § 2. Subdivision 1-a of section 3 of the public officers law is 4 amended by adding a new paragraph (iii) to read as follows: 5 (iii) No person shall be capable of holding an elected office, a 6 judgeship or an appointed position who shall stand convicted of violat- 7 ing 18 U.S.C. § 2383. 8 § 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