Cal. Penal Code § 85
Cal. Penal Code § 85
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective · Effective 2006-09-24
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- Cal. Penal Code § 85, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/886351
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Every person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any Member of the Legislature, any member of the legislative body of a city, county, city and county, school district, or other special district, or to another person for the member, or attempts by menace, deceit, suppression of truth, or any corrupt means, to influence a member in giving or withholding his or her vote, or in not attending the house or any committee of which he or she is a member, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three or four years.