California Statutes
§ 9053.5. — 9053.5. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 2.)
California·Code GOV Government Code - GOV·Div. 2.·Title 2. DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT·Part 1. PART 1. LEGISLATURE·Ch. 1.5. CHAPTER 1.5. General·Art. 3. ARTICLE 3. Crimes Against the Legislative Power
(a)Every person who intentionally, maliciously, with knowledge of the falsity, and with intent to defame a particular legislator, publishes or causes to be published any writing which purports to be a facsimile of an actual bill or resolution, or any part thereof, of the California Legislature, which is not an exact copy of a bill or resolution, or part thereof, which has been introduced in the Legislature, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b)This section shall not apply to the print media, the electronic media, or to news services.
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Legislative History
Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 2.