Bars a person who is convicted of a hate crime from attending any SUNY or CUNY institution; provides for the expulsion of a student who is convicted of hate crimes; provides for reinstatement of such student if the conviction is subsequently overturned.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, GRIFFO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO,
RHOADS, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to barring a person
convicted of a hate crime from attending any state public school of
higher education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6436-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 6436-a. Hate crime conviction. Any person who is convicted of a
4 crime under section 485.05 of the penal law (hate crimes) by a court of
5 competent jurisdiction shall be barred from attending any college or
6 university of the University of the State of New York and the City
7 University of New York, including each senior college and each community
8 college. A person who is a current student at the time of such
9 conviction shall be expelled from the institution immediately upon
10 conviction. If the conviction is subsequently overturned upon appeal,
11 such person shall be reinstated to the institution the person was
12 expelled from in the standing such person had prior to the conviction.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to school
14 years commencing on and after July 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00178-01-5
