Bill Text: NY A03056 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to establishing the offense of unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification; establishes that such offense is a class A misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to codes [A03056 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A03056-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3056 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, CRUZ, BARRON, DE LA ROSA, QUART, SIMON, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense of unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification 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 270.40 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 270.40 Unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification. 4 1. A person is guilty of unlawful obstruction of law enforcement iden- 5 tification when, with intent to prevent the inspection of any part of a 6 law enforcement officer's uniform which identifies him or her as a law 7 enforcement officer including his or her name, shield, badge, numbers or 8 other identifying insignias or emblems, he or she covers or conceals 9 such name, shield, badge, numbers or other identifying insignias or 10 emblems from public view. 11 2. For the purposes of this section, "law enforcement officer" shall 12 include any public servant, federal or state, who is authorized to 13 conduct an investigation or make an arrest for a criminal offense. 14 Unlawful obstruction of law enforcement identification is a class A 15 misdemeanor. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03089-01-1