California § 85. 85. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 435, Sec. 1.)

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§ 85. — 85. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 435, Sec. 1.)

California § 85.

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Part 1.TITLE 6. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE LEGISLATIVE POWER

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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 85. (2026).

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Every person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any Member of the Legislature, any member of the legislative body of a city, county, city and county, school district, or other special district, or to another person for the member, or attempts by menace, deceit, suppression of truth, or any corrupt means, to influence a member in giving or withholding his or her vote, or in not attending the house or any committee of which he or she is a member, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three or four years.

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Every person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any Member of the Legislature, any member of the legislative body of a city, county, city and county, school district, or other special district, or to another person for the member, or attempts by menace, deceit, suppression of truth, or any corrupt means, to influence a member in giving or withholding his or her vote, or in not attending the house or any committee of which he or she is a member, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three or four years.