Assembly Bill A3056

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the offense of unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification

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  • 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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2021-A3056 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3050
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §270.40, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10604, S8518

2021-A3056 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the offense of unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification; establishes that such offense is a class A misdemeanor.

2021-A3056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3056
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, CRUZ, BARRON, DE LA ROSA, QUART, SIMON,
   REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing  the  offense
   of unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40  to
 read as follows:
 § 270.40 UNLAWFUL OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFICATION.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IDEN-
 TIFICATION  WHEN, WITH INTENT TO PREVENT THE INSPECTION OF ANY PART OF A
 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S UNIFORM WHICH IDENTIFIES HIM OR HER AS  A  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER INCLUDING HIS OR HER NAME, SHIELD, BADGE, NUMBERS OR
 OTHER  IDENTIFYING  INSIGNIAS  OR  EMBLEMS, HE OR SHE COVERS OR CONCEALS
 SUCH NAME, SHIELD, BADGE, NUMBERS  OR  OTHER  IDENTIFYING  INSIGNIAS  OR
 EMBLEMS FROM PUBLIC VIEW.
   2.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER" SHALL
 INCLUDE ANY PUBLIC SERVANT, FEDERAL  OR  STATE,  WHO  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO
 CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION OR MAKE AN ARREST FOR A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
   UNLAWFUL  OBSTRUCTION  OF  LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFICATION IS A CLASS A
 MISDEMEANOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03089-01-1

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