GroundRules
GOV § 9053.5
Where this section sits in the code
- Government Code - GOV
- TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]
- DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT [8902. - 10606.]
- PART 1. LEGISLATURE [8902. - 9937.]
- CHAPTER 1.5. General [9000. - 9149.41.]
- ARTICLE 3. Crimes Against the Legislative Power [9050. - 9056.]
(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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