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S 3638: Establishes the offense of obstructing a police officer.
What S 3638 does, verified January 9, 2026
The proposed law aims to establish a new offense of obstructing a police officer. A person will be guilty of this offense if they intentionally interfere with, inhibit, or attempt to interfere with a police officer while they are performing their official duties. This can include actions such as spitting, throwing or spilling items, pushing, shoving, kicking, or physically impeding a police officer. The offense will be classified as a class E felony. The law will take effect thirty days after it becomes a law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Jan. 29, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 29, 2025 · 238 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3638 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MURRAY, WALCZYK, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 such person 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. LBD01507-01-5
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