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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

§ 9053.5

California Government Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(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.)

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