S02493 Summary:

BILL NOS02493A
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPHILLIPS
 
COSPNSRFELDER, KAMINSKY, MURPHY, RANZENHOFER
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 355, 6206 & 6306, Ed L
 
Prohibits certain student organizations which participate in discrimination or intolerance from receiving funding from SUNY, CUNY or community colleges.
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S02493 Actions:

BILL NOS02493A
 
01/13/2017REFERRED TO EDUCATION
03/07/2017COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
03/07/2017ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.403
03/08/2017PASSED SENATE
03/08/2017DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
03/08/2017referred to higher education
01/03/2018died in assembly
01/03/2018returned to senate
01/03/2018REFERRED TO EDUCATION
02/27/2018AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
02/27/2018PRINT NUMBER 2493A
06/20/2018COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/20/2018ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2101
06/20/2018PASSED SENATE
06/20/2018DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/21/2018referred to higher education
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S02493 Committee Votes:

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S02493 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S02493 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2493--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 13, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. PHILLIPS, FELDER, KAMINSKY, MURPHY, RANZENHOFER --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the  Committee  on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Educa-
          tion in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain student organ-
          izations which are ineligible for funding
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
     3    20. Ineligibility for funding; student  organizations.  a.  The  state
     4  university  trustees shall adopt rules that any student group or student
     5  organization that receives funding from the state university of New York
     6  that directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, or  permits  discrimi-
     7  nation,  intolerance,  hate speech or boycotts against a person or group
     8  based on race, class, gender, nationality, ethnic  origin  or  religion,
     9  shall be ineligible for funding, including funding from student activity
    10  fee proceeds.
    11    b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply:
    12    (1) "Allied nation" shall mean:
    13    (i)  any  country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ-
    14  ization;
    15    (ii) any country that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia  Treaty  of
    16  1954;
    17    (iii)  any  country,  other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the
    18  Rio Treaty of 1947;
    19    (iv) Ireland;
    20    (v) Israel;
    21    (vi) Japan; and/or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06824-02-8

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     1    (vii) the Republic of Korea.
     2    (2)  "Boycott"  shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or
     3  encourage others to engage in any activity,  that  will  result  in  any
     4  person  abstaining  from commercial, social or political relations, with
     5  any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo-
     6  ries controlled by an  allied  nation,  with  the  intent  to  penalize,
     7  inflict,  or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon,
     8  such allied nation, its people or its commercial products.
     9    (3) "Person" shall  mean  any  natural  person,  corporation,  limited
    10  liability  company,  unincorporated  association or any other nongovern-
    11  mental entity,  organization,  or  group,  or  any  successor,  subunit,
    12  parent, or subsidiary of the same.
    13    §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    14  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    15    20. a. The city university trustees shall adopt rules that any student
    16  group or student organization that receives funding from a city  univer-
    17  sity  of  New  York that directly or indirectly promotes, encourages, or
    18  permits discrimination, intolerance, hate speech or boycotts  against  a
    19  person or group based on race, class, gender, nationality, ethnic origin
    20  or  religion,  shall  be  ineligible for funding, including funding from
    21  student activity fee proceeds.
    22    b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply:
    23    (i) "Allied nation" shall mean:
    24    (1) any country that is a member of the North Atlantic  Treaty  Organ-
    25  ization;
    26    (2)  any  country  that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia Treaty of
    27  1954;
    28    (3) any country, other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the  Rio
    29  Treaty of 1947;
    30    (4) Ireland;
    31    (5) Israel;
    32    (6) Japan; and/or
    33    (7) the Republic of Korea.
    34    (ii)  "Boycott" shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or
    35  encourage others to engage in any activity,  that  will  result  in  any
    36  person  abstaining  from commercial, social or political relations, with
    37  any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo-
    38  ries controlled by an  allied  nation,  with  the  intent  to  penalize,
    39  inflict,  or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon,
    40  such allied nation, its people or its commercial products.
    41    (iii) "Person" shall mean any  natural  person,  corporation,  limited
    42  liability  company,  unincorporated  association or any other nongovern-
    43  mental entity,  organization,  or  group,  or  any  successor,  subunit,
    44  parent, or subsidiary of the same.
    45    §  3.  Section  6306  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    46  subdivision 11 to read as follows:
    47    11. a. The board of trustees of each  community  college  shall  adopt
    48  rules that any student group or student organization that receives fund-
    49  ing  from  a  community  college of New York that directly or indirectly
    50  promotes,  encourages,  or  permits  discrimination,  intolerance,  hate
    51  speech  or  boycotts  against  a  person  or group based on race, class,
    52  gender, nationality, ethnic origin or religion, shall be ineligible  for
    53  funding, including funding from student activity fee proceeds.
    54    b. As used in this subdivision, the following definitions shall apply:
    55    (i) "Allied nation" shall mean:

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     1    (1)  any  country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ-
     2  ization;
     3    (2)  any  country  that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia Treaty of
     4  1954;
     5    (3) any country, other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the  Rio
     6  Treaty of 1947;
     7    (4) Ireland;
     8    (5) Israel;
     9    (6) Japan; and/or
    10    (7) the Republic of Korea.
    11    (ii)  "Boycott" shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or
    12  encourage others to engage in any activity,  that  will  result  in  any
    13  person  abstaining  from commercial, social or political relations, with
    14  any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo-
    15  ries controlled by an  allied  nation,  with  the  intent  to  penalize,
    16  inflict,  or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon,
    17  such allied nation, its people or its commercial products.
    18    (iii) "Person" shall mean any  natural  person,  corporation,  limited
    19  liability  company,  unincorporated  association or any other nongovern-
    20  mental entity,  organization,  or  group,  or  any  successor,  subunit,
    21  parent, or subsidiary of the same.
    22    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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