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A 6349: Prohibits a person convicted of rebellion or insurrection under federal law from state or municipal employment.
What A 6349 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill proposes to amend the civil service law to prohibit individuals who have been convicted of advocating or supporting violent overthrow of the government from being employed by the state or municipalities. The bill defines several ways in which such individuals can be considered guilty, including: advocating or teaching the doctrine of overthrowing the government by force or violence printing or publishing written materials that advocate for overthrow organizing or being a member of groups that teach or advocate for overthrow having been convicted of violating federal law related to violent overthrow The bill would take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental employees (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6349
- What is the current status of A 6349?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 6349 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental employees".
- Did A 6349 pass?
- Not yet. A 6349 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6349, and where is it now?
- A 6349 was authored by Asm. Nikki Lucas. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Employees.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental employees |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | referred to governmental employees |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 4, 2025 · 378 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6349 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUCAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to prohibiting a person convicted of rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof from state and municipal employ- ment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2 105 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 3 1958, are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows: 4 (a) by word of mouth or writing [wilfully] willfully and deliberately 5 advocates, advises or teaches the doctrine that the government of the 6 United States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof 7 should be overthrown or overturned by force, violence or any unlawful 8 means; [or] 9 (b) prints, publishes, edits, issues or sells, any book, paper, docu- 10 ment or written or printed matter in any form, containing or advocating, 11 advising or teaching the doctrine that the government of the United 12 States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof should be 13 overthrown by force, violence or any unlawful means, and who advocates, 14 advises, teaches, or embraces the duty, necessity or propriety of adopt- 15 ing the doctrine contained therein; [or] 16 (c) organizes or helps to organize or becomes a member of any society 17 or group of persons which teaches or advocates that the government of 18 the United States or of any state or of any political subdivision there- 19 of shall be overthrown by force or violence, or by any unlawful 20 means[.]; or 21 (d) shall stand convicted of violating section two thousand three 22 hundred eighty-six of title eighteen of the United States code. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07913-01-5
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