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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate"
description: "Prohibits the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum or serves an educational or historical purpose; defines term \"symbol of hate\" to be symbols of white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8298"
citation: "New York S 8298 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-08"
last_action: "2020-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3c34b22-a8b3-4f48-8fd7-62854ef183a9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8298"
source_hash: "45f0706095d76deff706ba88e7a43712d895c63ab9bf522860f33b87aadeeab1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---
# New York S 8298 (2019-2020) — Prohibits the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate
Prohibits the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum or serves an educational or historical purpose; defines term "symbol of hate" to be symbols of white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S8298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8298&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8298A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8298A)
3. **S8298B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8298B)
## Votes
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: B — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **57–3** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- BIAGGI — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-05-08** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-14** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-14** PRINT NUMBER 8298A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-18** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-18** PRINT NUMBER 8298B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.991
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10729A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.340
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.343 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-15** APPROVAL MEMO.47
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3c34b22-a8b3-4f48-8fd7-62854ef183a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).