Establishes a person who intentionally obstructs the efforts of any firefighter performing emergency medical care on a sick or injured person is guilty of the crime of obstructing firefighting operations.

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S241-2011 Actions

• Feb 29, 2012: referred to codes
• Feb 29, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Feb 29, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Feb 14, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Feb 13, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Feb 7, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.178
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CODES
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• May 23, 2011: referred to codes
• May 23, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 23, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Apr 11, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 6, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 5, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.304
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO CODES

S241-2011 Meetings

Codes: Feb 7, 2012, Codes: Apr 5, 2011

S241-2011 Calendars

Active List: Feb 29, 2012 , Active List: May 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 15, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 29, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 12, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 3, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 18, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2011

S241-2011 Votes

S241-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S241

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of obstructing
firefighting operations

PURPOSE:
To add that individuals who obstruct a firefighter from performing
emergency medical care shall be guilty of the crime of obstructing a
fire fighting operation, a class A misdemeanor.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends Section 195.15 of the penal law to add language stating that by
obstructing a firefighter who is performing emergency services you
are guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

JUSTIFICATION:
Firefighters perform various important functions in their day to day
routine, The law affords them special protection while in performance
of these duties. However, a loophole does exist that does not
adequately protect a firefighter who is performing emergency
services. An example occurred in the City of Rochester where a fire
company was responding to an EMS call and was performing Emergency
Medical Care on a victim in their place of residence. An onlooker
became physically agitated and attacked these fire fighters who were
treating the victim. The local police could not charge the individual
under Section 195.15 and he was charged under a different section of
law.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.1450/A.1242 of 2009/2010; Referred to Codes
S.500/A.5582 of 2007/2008; Passed Senate
S.691 of 2005/2005; Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE  DATE:    November  next  succeeding  the date it shall have
become law.

S241-2011 Text

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

                                     241

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  MAZIARZ, ALESI, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, LITTLE, SEWARD --
    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 the crime of obstructing
    firefighting operations

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1. Section 195.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 731
  of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:

  S 195.15 Obstructing firefighting operations.
    A person is guilty of obstructing firefighting operations when  he  OR
  SHE intentionally and unreasonably obstructs the efforts of any:

    1.  [fireman]  FIREFIGHTER  in  extinguishing  a  fire, or prevents or
  dissuades another from extinguishing or helping to  extinguish  a  fire;
  [or]
    2.  [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, police officer or peace officer in perform-
  ing his OR HER duties in  circumstances  involving  an  imminent  danger
  created  by  an  explosion, threat of explosion or the presence of toxic
  fumes or gases; OR
    3. FIREFIGHTER PERFORMING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE ON A SICK OR  INJURED
  PERSON.
    Obstructing firefighting operations is a class A misdemeanor.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



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