CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 222Introduced by Assembly Member BocanegraJanuary 26, 2017 An act to amend Section 114 of the Penal Code, relating to false documents. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 222, as introduced, Bocanegra. False documents.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 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature.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.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 114 of the Penal Code is amended to read:114. 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 imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 222Introduced by Assembly Member BocanegraJanuary 26, 2017 An act to amend Section 114 of the Penal Code, relating to false documents. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 222, as introduced, Bocanegra. False documents.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 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature.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.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 222
Introduced by Assembly Member BocanegraJanuary 26, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Bocanegra
January 26, 2017
An act to amend Section 114 of the Penal Code, relating to false documents.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 222, as introduced, Bocanegra. False documents.
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 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature.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.
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 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature.
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.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 114 of the Penal Code is amended to read:114. 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 imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 114 of the Penal Code is amended to read:114. 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 imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
SECTION 1. Section 114 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
114. 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 imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
114. 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 imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
114. 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 imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
114. 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 imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).