AB518:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start
Assembly Bill
No. 518
CHAPTER 441
An act to amend Section 654 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal law.
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Approved by
Governor
October 01, 2021.
Filed with
Secretary of State
October 01, 2021.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 518, Wicks.
Criminal law: violations punishable in multiple ways.
Existing law requires an act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different laws to be punished under the law that provides for the longest possible term of imprisonment.
This bill, instead, would authorize an act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different laws to be punished under either of those provisions.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
YES
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 654 of the Penal Code is amended to read:654.
(a) An act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law may be punished under either of such provisions, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision. An acquittal or conviction and sentence under any one bars a prosecution for the same act or omission under any other.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a defendant sentenced pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be
granted probation if any of the provisions that would otherwise apply to the defendant prohibits the granting of probation.