Assembly Bill A4804

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the offense of obstructing a police officer

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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-A4804 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §195.09, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8528
2023-2024: A5540
2025-2026: A3329

2021-A4804 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the offense of obstructing a police officer.

2021-A4804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4804
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SMITH -- 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 HE OR SHE
 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.
                                                            LBD06978-01-1

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