Senate Bill S7103

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to resisting arrest

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

  • 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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2025-S7103 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §205.30, Pen L; amd §150.20, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8823
2021-2022: S6231
2023-2024: S5048

2025-S7103 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to resisting arrest; reclassifies resisting arrest as a class E felony not eligible for release on an appearance ticket.

2025-S7103 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7103 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7103
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LANZA, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, STEC, WEIK --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law  and  the criminal procedure law, in
   relation to resisting arrest

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The closing paragraph of section 205.30 of the penal law,
 as amended by chapter 843 of the laws of 1980, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Resisting arrest is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
   §  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 150.20 of the criminal
 procedure law, as separately amended by section 1 of  subpart  B  of  of
 part  VV of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023 and chapter 23 of the laws of
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Whenever a police officer is authorized pursuant to section 140.10
 of this title to arrest a person without a warrant for an offense  other
 than  a  class  A,  B,  C  or D felony or a violation of section 130.25,
 former section 130.40, section 205.10, 205.17, 205.19, 205.30 or  215.56
 of  the  penal law, or other than where an arrest is required to be made
 pursuant to subdivision four of section 140.10 of this title, the  offi-
 cer  shall,  except  as  set  out  in paragraph (b) of this subdivision,
 subject to the provisions of subdivisions  three  and  four  of  section
 150.40  of  this  title,  instead issue to and serve upon such person an
 appearance ticket.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11410-01-5

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