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Assembly Bill A10735

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the offense of obstructing a police officer or peace officer

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2025-A10735 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §195.09, Pen L

2025-A10735 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the offense of obstructing a police officer or peace officer as intentionally interfering with, inhibiting, or attempting to interfere or inhibit a police officer or peace officer from performing their lawful duties.

2025-A10735 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10735
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
   of obstructing a police officer or peace officer
 
   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 195.09 to
 read as follows:
 § 195.09 OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER  OR  PEACE  OFFICER
 WHEN SUCH PERSON INTENTIONALLY INTERFERES WITH, INHIBITS, OR ATTEMPTS TO
 INTERFERE  WITH  OR  INHIBIT  A  POLICE  OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER FROM
 PERFORMING THEIR LAWFUL  DUTIES.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 "INTERFERES  WITH,  INHIBITS, OR ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE WITH OR INHIBIT A
 POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER FROM  PERFORMING  THEIR  LAWFUL  DUTIES"
 INCLUDES,  BUT  IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO: (I) SPITTING, THROWING OR SPILLING
 ITEMS, INCLUDING SNOW, ICE, OR OTHER SUBSTANCES, LIQUID OR OTHERWISE, AT
 OR ON SUCH OFFICER;  AND  (II)  PUSHING,  SHOVING,  KICKING,  PHYSICALLY
 IMPEDING OR OTHERWISE SUBJECTING SUCH OFFICER TO PHYSICAL CONTACT.
   OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICER IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15272-01-6

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