{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-9053.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 9053.5","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(b) This section shall not apply to the print media, the electronic media, or to news services.","path":["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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9f59529deaf957ca0a002afb4f99d6ed2ab843ae36af80156882a58a7d50326f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-9053","next":"us-ca/gov-9054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}