Assembly Bill A3871

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "American made flag act" to require that American flags purchased for use by the state government be made in the United States

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A3871 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3429
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165, St Fin L; amd §403, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9091, S6580
2015-2016: A4856, S288
2017-2018: A5661, S4007
2019-2020: A10192, S2981
2021-2022: A5160, S6367
2023-2024: A2945, S3203

2025-A3871 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "American made flag act" to require that American flags purchased for use by the state government be made in the United States.

2025-A3871 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3871
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation
   to enacting the "American made flag act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "American made flag act".
   §  2.  Section 165 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. FLAGS. ONLY FLAGS,  REGARDLESS  OF  SIZE,  THAT  ARE  ONE  HUNDRED
 PERCENT  MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM ARTICLES, MATERIALS, OR
 SUPPLIES, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHICH ARE GROWN, PRODUCED  OR  MANUFAC-
 TURED  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  MAY  BE  PURCHASED FOR USE BY THE STATE
 GOVERNMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "FLAG"  SHALL
 HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 3. Section 403 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  ALL FLAGS PURCHASED AND DISPLAYED AT ANY PUBLIC BUILDING SHALL BE
 MADE IN THE UNITED STATES FROM AMERICAN MATERIALS, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDI-
 VISION TEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03318-01-5

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