Bill Text: CA AB222 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: False documents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-09 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Mitchell. [AB222 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB222-Amended.html
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Amended
IN
Assembly
May 30, 2017 |
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Amended
IN
Assembly
February 23, 2017 |
| Assembly Bill | No. 222 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Bocanegra (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia, Chiu, and Medina) |
January 26, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, added by Proposition 187, which was approved by the voters at the November 8, 1994, statewide general election, provides that any person who uses false documents to conceal his or her true citizenship or resident alien status is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 5 years or by a fine of $25,000. Proposition 187 authorizes the Legislature to substantively amend the proposition absent voter approval by a statute that furthers the purposes of the proposition and is passed with a
This bill would reclassify the offense as a felony or misdemeanor and reduce the duration of imprisonment under these provisions to a period of 16 months, or
2 or 3 years for a felony conviction or a period in the county jail for a misdemeanor conviction. The bill would reduce the maximum fine for a violation of the offense from $25,000 to $10,000.
Digest Key
Vote:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 113 of the Penal Code is repealed.Any person who manufactures, distributes or sells false documents to conceal the true citizenship or resident alien status of another person is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h)
of Section 1170 for five years or by a fine of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
SEC. 2.
Section 114 of the Penal Code is repealed.Any person who uses false documents to conceal his or her true citizenship or resident alien status is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for five years or by a
fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
SEC. 3.
(a) Sections 1 and 2 of this act repeal Sections 113 and 114 of the Penal Code, thereby amending Proposition 187, an initiative statute, approved by the voters at the November 8, 1994, statewide general election, and shall become effective only when submitted to and approved by the voters at a statewide election.Any person who uses false documents to conceal his or her true citizenship or resident alien status shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
