New York A 4546: Relates to the crime of resisting arrest

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A04546 Summary:

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Relates to the crime of resisting arrest; provides that a second violation within 5 years shall be a class E felony.

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02/04/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4546

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of resisting
 arrest

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 205.30 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 843
 2 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 205.30 Resisting arrest in the second degree.
 4 A person is guilty of resisting arrest in the second degree when [he]
 5 such person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a police offi-
 6 cer or peace officer from effecting an authorized arrest of [himself]
 7 themself or another person.
 8 Resisting arrest in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 9 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 205.35 to read
 10 as follows:
 11 § 205.35 Resisting arrest in the first degree.
 12 A person is guilty of resisting arrest in the first degree when such
 13 person commits the crime of resisting arrest in the second degree as
 14 defined in section 205.30 of this article and has been previously
 15 convicted within the preceding five years of resisting arrest in the
 16 second degree as defined in section 205.30 of this article.
 17 Resisting arrest in the first degree is a class E felony.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become
 19 a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07696-01-5

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