{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"85","citation":"Pen. Code, § 85","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 6. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE LEGISLATIVE POWER [85. - 88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 435, Sec. 1.   Effective September 24, 2006.","effective":"2006-09-24","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/of-crimes-against-the-legislative-power-85","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}