Bill > A5498

Introduced Session

This bill establishes the "Honoring and Listening to Our First Responders Act" or the "HALO Act." This bill provides that it is a disorderly persons offense for a person to disregard a request from a first responder to maintain distance and to knowingly approach or remain within 25 feet of the first responder with the purpose to: · obstruct, impair, or interfere with the first responder's performance of official duties; or· interfere with the first responder's performance of official duties by threatening, intimidating, or harassing the first responder. Under the bill, "first responder" would include any law enforcement officer, paid or volunteer firefighter, or paid or volunteer member of a duly incorporated first aid, emergency, ambulance, or rescue squad association. A disorderly persons offense is punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to six months, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. The bill provides that prosecution and conviction for an offense under the bill would not preclude the prosecution and conviction of a person under any other applicable provision of law.

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Vicky Flynn (R)*,  Robert Clifton (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee (on 03/24/2025)

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