Establishes a fifteen-foot buffer zone around emergency first responders and prohibits interference with their duties.
The bill creates a fifteen-foot safety buffer zone around emergency first responders, judges, and prosecutors engaged in their official duties. It prohibits knowingly approaching or remaining within this zone with intent to impede or threaten. Interference is classified as a class B misdemeanor. The law does not restrict lawful recording, photographing, or observing outside the buffer zone.
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