CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2879Introduced by Assembly Member ChuFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 375 of the Penal Code, relating to injurious matter. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2879, as introduced, Chu. Injurious matter: exposure.Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge, or expose matter that is injurious to person or property, or that is nauseous, sickening, irritating, or offensive to the senses, in a place of public assemblage. If the person employs a substance that may produce serious illness or permanent injury, the crime is punishable as a felony.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.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 375 of the Penal Code is amended to read:375. (a) It shall be is unlawful to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose, or to attempt to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose in, upon upon, or about any a theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement amusement, or any a place of public assemblage, any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive to any of the senses.(b) It shall be is unlawful to manufacture or prepare, or to possess any a liquid, gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive, to any of the senses with intent to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose the same in, upon upon, or about any theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement, or any other place of public assemblage.(c) Any A person violating any of the provisions hereof this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months and not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(d) Any A person who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air or who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any tear gas, mustard gas gas, or any of the combinations or compounds thereof, or willfully employs or uses acid or explosives, shall be is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2879Introduced by Assembly Member ChuFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 375 of the Penal Code, relating to injurious matter. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2879, as introduced, Chu. Injurious matter: exposure.Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge, or expose matter that is injurious to person or property, or that is nauseous, sickening, irritating, or offensive to the senses, in a place of public assemblage. If the person employs a substance that may produce serious illness or permanent injury, the crime is punishable as a felony.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2879
Introduced by Assembly Member ChuFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Chu
February 21, 2020
An act to amend Section 375 of the Penal Code, relating to injurious matter.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2879, as introduced, Chu. Injurious matter: exposure.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge, or expose matter that is injurious to person or property, or that is nauseous, sickening, irritating, or offensive to the senses, in a place of public assemblage. If the person employs a substance that may produce serious illness or permanent injury, the crime is punishable as a felony.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge, or expose matter that is injurious to person or property, or that is nauseous, sickening, irritating, or offensive to the senses, in a place of public assemblage. If the person employs a substance that may produce serious illness or permanent injury, the crime is punishable as a felony.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 375 of the Penal Code is amended to read:375. (a) It shall be is unlawful to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose, or to attempt to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose in, upon upon, or about any a theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement amusement, or any a place of public assemblage, any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive to any of the senses.(b) It shall be is unlawful to manufacture or prepare, or to possess any a liquid, gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive, to any of the senses with intent to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose the same in, upon upon, or about any theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement, or any other place of public assemblage.(c) Any A person violating any of the provisions hereof this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months and not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(d) Any A person who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air or who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any tear gas, mustard gas gas, or any of the combinations or compounds thereof, or willfully employs or uses acid or explosives, shall be is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
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 375 of the Penal Code is amended to read:375. (a) It shall be is unlawful to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose, or to attempt to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose in, upon upon, or about any a theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement amusement, or any a place of public assemblage, any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive to any of the senses.(b) It shall be is unlawful to manufacture or prepare, or to possess any a liquid, gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive, to any of the senses with intent to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose the same in, upon upon, or about any theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement, or any other place of public assemblage.(c) Any A person violating any of the provisions hereof this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months and not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(d) Any A person who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air or who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any tear gas, mustard gas gas, or any of the combinations or compounds thereof, or willfully employs or uses acid or explosives, shall be is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
SECTION 1. Section 375 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
375. (a) It shall be is unlawful to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose, or to attempt to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose in, upon upon, or about any a theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement amusement, or any a place of public assemblage, any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive to any of the senses.(b) It shall be is unlawful to manufacture or prepare, or to possess any a liquid, gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive, to any of the senses with intent to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose the same in, upon upon, or about any theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement, or any other place of public assemblage.(c) Any A person violating any of the provisions hereof this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months and not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(d) Any A person who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air or who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any tear gas, mustard gas gas, or any of the combinations or compounds thereof, or willfully employs or uses acid or explosives, shall be is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
375. (a) It shall be is unlawful to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose, or to attempt to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose in, upon upon, or about any a theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement amusement, or any a place of public assemblage, any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive to any of the senses.(b) It shall be is unlawful to manufacture or prepare, or to possess any a liquid, gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive, to any of the senses with intent to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose the same in, upon upon, or about any theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement, or any other place of public assemblage.(c) Any A person violating any of the provisions hereof this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months and not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(d) Any A person who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air or who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any tear gas, mustard gas gas, or any of the combinations or compounds thereof, or willfully employs or uses acid or explosives, shall be is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
375. (a) It shall be is unlawful to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose, or to attempt to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose in, upon upon, or about any a theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement amusement, or any a place of public assemblage, any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive to any of the senses.(b) It shall be is unlawful to manufacture or prepare, or to possess any a liquid, gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive, to any of the senses with intent to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose the same in, upon upon, or about any theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement, or any other place of public assemblage.(c) Any A person violating any of the provisions hereof this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months and not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(d) Any A person who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air or who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any tear gas, mustard gas gas, or any of the combinations or compounds thereof, or willfully employs or uses acid or explosives, shall be is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
375. (a) It shall be is unlawful to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose, or to attempt to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose in, upon upon, or about any a theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement amusement, or any a place of public assemblage, any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive to any of the senses.
(b) It shall be is unlawful to manufacture or prepare, or to possess any a liquid, gaseous, or solid substance substance, or matter of any kind which that is injurious to person or property, or is nauseous, sickening, irritating irritating, or offensive, to any of the senses with intent to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge discharge, or expose the same in, upon upon, or about any theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement, or any other place of public assemblage.
(c) Any A person violating any of the provisions hereof this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months and not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(d) Any A person who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any a liquid, gaseous gaseous, or solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air or who, in violating any of the provisions of subdivision (a), willfully employs or uses any tear gas, mustard gas gas, or any of the combinations or compounds thereof, or willfully employs or uses acid or explosives, shall be is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.