STATE OF NEW YORK
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7596
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 12, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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.
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