"Honoring and Listening to Our First Responders Act"; establishes offense of interfering with official duties of first responder under certain circumstances.

This bill, the "Honoring and Listening to Our First Responders Act" (HALO Act), creates a new misdemeanor offense for intentionally approaching within 25 feet of a first responder who has instructed you to maintain distance, with the purpose of obstructing their duties or threatening/intimidating them. It directly affects law enforcement officers, paid or volunteer firefighters, and emergency medical personnel (including ambulance/rescue squad members) by protecting their ability to perform official duties without interference. The key provision makes it punishable by up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both for violating this distance rule. The law does not prevent prosecution under other existing laws for the same conduct.