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S 3691: Prohibits a person convicted of rebellion or insurrection under federal law from state or municipal employment.
What S 3691 does, verified January 12, 2026
The bill aims to prohibit individuals from holding public employment in New York if they have been convicted of advocating or teaching the overthrow of the United States government or its laws. It specifically targets those who spread or teach the idea that the government should be overthrown by force or violence, or by any unlawful means. The bill also applies to those who organize or join groups that promote such ideologies. The law would take effect immediately, and those convicted of violating federal laws related to sedition would be barred from state and municipal employment.
Bill journey
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4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | COMMITTED TO RULES |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
| Feb. 11, 2025 | 1ST REPORT CAL.307 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 29, 2025 · 385 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3691 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions 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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