Bill Text: CA SB192 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Posse comitatus.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 204, Statutes of 2019. [SB192 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB192-Chaptered.html
Senate Bill
No. 192
CHAPTER 204
An act to repeal Sections 150 and 1550 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
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Approved by
Governor
August 30, 2019.
Filed with
Secretary of State
August 30, 2019.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 192, Hertzberg.
Posse comitatus.
Existing law makes an able-bodied person 18 years of age or older who neglects or refuses to join the posse comitatus or power of the county, by neglecting or refusing to aid and assist, as described, in making an arrest, retaking into custody a person who has escaped from arrest or imprisonment, or preventing a breach of the peace or the commission of any criminal offense, after being lawfully required by a uniformed peace officer or a judge, guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to punishment by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.
This bill would repeal that provision and make conforming changes.
