S 2572: Establishes the prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the national anthem or the reciting of the pledge of allegiance.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2572 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2 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. LBD03840-01-5