Enrolled August 22, 2018 Passed IN Senate August 13, 2018 Passed IN Assembly August 20, 2018 Amended IN Senate June 14, 2018 Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2801Introduced by Assembly Member Salas(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)February 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 621 of the Penal Code, relating to memorials. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2801, Salas. Crimes: memorials: veterans and law enforcement.Existing law makes it a crime for a person to destroy, cut, mutilate, deface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any tomb, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any veterans memorial constructed or established in specified ways. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial.This bill would specify that the provisions above regarding law enforcement and firefighters memorials do not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including those regarding veterans memorials.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 621 of the Penal Code is amended to read:621. (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.
Enrolled August 22, 2018 Passed IN Senate August 13, 2018 Passed IN Assembly August 20, 2018 Amended IN Senate June 14, 2018 Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2801Introduced by Assembly Member Salas(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)February 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 621 of the Penal Code, relating to memorials. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2801, Salas. Crimes: memorials: veterans and law enforcement.Existing law makes it a crime for a person to destroy, cut, mutilate, deface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any tomb, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any veterans memorial constructed or established in specified ways. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial.This bill would specify that the provisions above regarding law enforcement and firefighters memorials do not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including those regarding veterans memorials.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Enrolled August 22, 2018 Passed IN Senate August 13, 2018 Passed IN Assembly August 20, 2018 Amended IN Senate June 14, 2018 Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2018
Enrolled August 22, 2018
Passed IN Senate August 13, 2018
Passed IN Assembly August 20, 2018
Amended IN Senate June 14, 2018
Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2801
Introduced by Assembly Member Salas(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)February 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Salas(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)
February 16, 2018
An act to amend Section 621 of the Penal Code, relating to memorials.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2801, Salas. Crimes: memorials: veterans and law enforcement.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to destroy, cut, mutilate, deface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any tomb, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any veterans memorial constructed or established in specified ways. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial.This bill would specify that the provisions above regarding law enforcement and firefighters memorials do not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including those regarding veterans memorials.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to destroy, cut, mutilate, deface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any tomb, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any veterans memorial constructed or established in specified ways. Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a felony or a misdemeanor, to maliciously destroy, cut, break, mutilate, efface, or otherwise injure, tear down, or remove any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial.
This bill would specify that the provisions above regarding law enforcement and firefighters memorials do not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including those regarding veterans memorials.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 621 of the Penal Code is amended to read:621. (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.
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 621 of the Penal Code is amended to read:621. (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.
SECTION 1. Section 621 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
621. (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.
621. (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.
621. (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.
621. (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighters memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.
(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.