Government Code section 9053.5

(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.

Source: Section 9053.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=9053.­5.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1984; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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