A4209 • 2025

Relates to aggravated resisting arrest

Crime

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Sponsor: Mike Reilly
Last action: 2026-05-05
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to aggravated resisting arrest

Relates to aggravated resisting arrest Establishes the crime of aggravated resisting arrest as where a person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting an authorized arrest of such person or another person through the use of physical force, where such authorized arrest is for a crime which is a felony.

What This Bill Does

Relates to aggravated resisting arrest Establishes the crime of aggravated resisting arrest as where a person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting an authorized arrest of such person or another person through the use of physical force, where such authorized arrest is for a crime which is a felony.

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Bill History

2026-05-05 Assembly
HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO CODES
2025-01-31 Assembly
REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Relates to aggravated resisting arrest
Establishes the crime of aggravated resisting arrest as where a person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting an authorized arrest of such person or another person through the use of physical force, where such authorized arrest is for a crime which is a felony.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          4209

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 31, 2025
                                       ___________

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

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

          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 205.35 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 205.35 AGGRAVATED RESISTING ARREST.
     4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED RESISTING  ARREST  WHEN  SUCH  PERSON
     5  INTENTIONALLY  PREVENTS OR ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT A POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE
     6  OFFICER FROM EFFECTING AN AUTHORIZED ARREST OF SUCH  PERSON  OR  ANOTHER
     7  PERSON  THROUGH  THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE, WHERE SUCH AUTHORIZED ARREST
     8  IS FOR A CRIME WHICH IS A FELONY.
     9    AGGRAVATED RESISTING ARREST IS A CLASS D FELONY.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03345-01-5