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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10735
IN ASSEMBLY
March 27, 2026
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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:
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 or peace officer.
4 A person is guilty of obstructing a police officer or peace officer
5 when such person intentionally interferes with, inhibits, or attempts to
6 interfere with or inhibit a police officer or a peace officer from
7 performing their lawful duties. For the purposes of this section,
8 "interferes with, inhibits, or attempts to interfere with or inhibit a
9 police officer or peace officer from performing their lawful duties"
10 includes, but is not limited to: (i) spitting, throwing or spilling
11 items, including snow, ice, or other substances, liquid or otherwise, at
12 or on such officer; and (ii) pushing, shoving, kicking, physically
13 impeding or otherwise subjecting such officer to physical contact.
14 Obstructing a police officer or peace officer is a class E felony.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
16 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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