A 1302: Prohibits persons who are or have ever been foreign agents from holding public office and political party positions; defines "foreign agent".

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1302 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, COOK, TAYLOR, STERN, HEVESI, SAYEGH, STIRPE, SIMON, GLICK, BUTTENSCHON, SANTABARBARA, KELLES, LEVENBERG, EPSTEIN, GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern- mental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the election law, in relation to prohibiting foreign agents from holding public office and political party positions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 1-b to read as follows: 3 1-b. No person shall be capable of holding a civil office who shall be 4 or who has ever been a foreign agent. For the purposes of this subdivi- 5 sion, the term "foreign agent" means a person who acts at the order, 6 request, or under the direction or control of a foreign government, 7 organization or person outside of the United States or persons who are 8 controlled or subsidized in major part by a foreign government, organ- 9 ization or person outside of the United States. 10 § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 2-126 to read 11 as follows: 12 § 2-126. Party positions; prohibited persons. No person who is or has 13 ever been a foreign agent shall hold a party position. For the purposes 14 of this section, the term "foreign agent" means a person who acts at the 15 order, request, or under the direction or control of a foreign govern- 16 ment, organization or person outside of the United States or persons who 17 are controlled or subsidized in major part by a foreign government, 18 organization or person outside of the United States. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02403-01-5