Cal. Government Code § 9053.5
Cal. Government Code § 9053.5
California · California Government Code · Status: effective
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- Cal. Government Code § 9053.5, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/834640
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(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.