Government Code - GOV
TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000 - 22980]
( Title 2 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT [8902 - 10606]
( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) PART 1. LEGISLATURE [8902 - 9937]
( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) CHAPTER 1.5. General [9000 - 9149.41]
( Heading of Chapter 1.5 renumbered from Chapter 1 by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 163. ) ARTICLE 3. Crimes Against the Legislative Power [9050 - 9056]
( Article 3 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) 9053.5.
(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.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 2.)