STATE OF NEW YORK
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1379
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2023
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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.
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