{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"9053.5","citation":"Gov. Code, § 9053.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT [8902. - 10606.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. LEGISLATURE [8902. - 9937.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1.5. General [9000. - 9149.41.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2/part-1/chapter-1.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Crimes Against the Legislative Power [9050. - 9056.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2/part-1/chapter-1.5/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(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.</p><p>(b) This section shall not apply to the print media, the electronic media, or to news services.</p>","text":"(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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/crimes-against-the-legislative-power-9053-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}