---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to when a person is guilty of obstructing firefighting operations"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 1022"
citation: "New York S 1022 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FUNKE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db0cd0cc-67df-4229-a804-b05faaf73a02"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S1022"
source_hash: "cd94d021d7574ee2fd14fe034d750be192959ae3c030302c0049aff747775e8e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 1022 (2017-2018) — Relates to when a person is guilty of obstructing firefighting operations

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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S1022 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1022&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S1022 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S1022)

## Votes

- Codes Vote — **15–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FUNKE — primary (person)
- AKSHAR — cosponsor (person)
- AVELLA — cosponsor (person)
- BOYLE — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- GOLDEN — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- LARKIN — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- YOUNG — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.157
- **2017-02-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-02-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-02-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-02-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-02-14** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6756
- **2017-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.449
- **2017-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.124 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db0cd0cc-67df-4229-a804-b05faaf73a02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).