California Assembly Bill AB2673 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2673INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Nielsen FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 637 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2673, as introduced, Nielsen. Crimes: unlawful disclosure of communications. Existing law generally makes it a crime for a person not a party to a telegraphic or telephonic communication addressed to another person to willfully disclose that communication without consent of that other person. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 637 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 637. Every person not a party to a telegraphic or telephonic communication who willfully discloses the contents of a telegraphic or telephonic message, or any part thereof, addressed to another person, without the permission of  such   that  person, unless directed so to do by the lawful order of a court, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both fine and imprisonment.