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REFERENCE TITLE: obstructing governmental operations; lawful arrest State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026 HB 2811 Introduced by Representatives Gillette: Biasiucci, Chaplik, Fink, Gress, Keshel, Montenegro, Taylor, Way, Willoughby AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 13-2402, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 13-2402, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE13-2402. Obstructing governmental operations; classification A. A person commits obstructing governmental operations if, by using or threatening to use violence or physical force, such the person knowingly obstructs, impairs or hinders: 1. The performance of a governmental function by a public servant acting under color of his official authority; or 2. The enforcement of the penal law or the preservation of the peace by a peace officer acting under color of his official authority; or [. ] 3. The making of a lawful arrest. B. This section does not apply to the obstruction, impairment or [hinderance] hindrance of the making of an arrest. C. Obstructing governmental operations pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 3 is a class 5 felony. Obstructing governmental operations pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 is a class 1 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE
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