Assembly Bill A3329

                             
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                                   3329
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SMITH, ANGELINO, CHANG, NOVAKHOV, RA, DeSTEFANO,
   MIKULIN, DiPIETRO,  BRABENEC,  TAGUE,  MANKTELOW,  PALMESANO,  MILLER,
   McDONOUGH,   REILLY,   WALSH,  GIGLIO,  SIMPSON,  GALLAHAN,  GANDOLFO,
   TANNOUSIS, HAWLEY, BLANKENBUSH  --  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
 
   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.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER  WHEN  SUCH  PERSON
 INTENTIONALLY  INTERFERES  WITH, INHIBITS, OR ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE WITH
 OR INHIBIT, A POLICE OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER  FROM  ENGAGING  IN  THE
 COURSE  OF  PERFORMING  THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO:
   1. SPITTING, THROWING OR SPILLING ITEMS, LIQUID OR OTHERWISE, AT OR ON
 SUCH OFFICER; OR
   2.  PUSHING,  SHOVING,  KICKING,  PHYSICALLY  IMPEDING  OR   OTHERWISE
 SUBJECTING SUCH OFFICER TO PHYSICAL CONTACT.
   OBSTRUCTING A POLICE 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.
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