STATE OF NEW YORK
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4804
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 2021
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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:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 195.09 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 195.09 Obstructing a police officer.
4 A person is guilty of obstructing a police officer when he or she
5 intentionally interferes with, inhibits, or attempts to interfere with
6 or inhibit, a police officer or a peace officer from engaging in the
7 course of performing their official duties, including but not limited
8 to:
9 1. spitting, throwing or spilling items, liquid or otherwise, at or on
10 such officer; or
11 2. pushing, shoving, kicking, physically impeding or otherwise
12 subjecting such officer to physical contact.
13 Obstructing a police officer is a class E felony.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
15 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06978-01-1
