CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1737Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Section 19.6 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal law. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1737, as introduced, Bauer-Kahan. Infractions.Existing law provides that an infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. Existing law also specifies that a person charged with an infraction is not entitled to a trial by jury and is generally not entitled to have a public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent them.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those 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 19.6 of the Penal Code is amended to read:19.6. An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to a trial by jury. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is them unless they are arrested and not released on his or her their written promise to appear, his or her their own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1737Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Section 19.6 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal law. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1737, as introduced, Bauer-Kahan. Infractions.Existing law provides that an infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. Existing law also specifies that a person charged with an infraction is not entitled to a trial by jury and is generally not entitled to have a public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent them.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1737
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 17, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan
February 17, 2023
An act to amend Section 19.6 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal law.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1737, as introduced, Bauer-Kahan. Infractions.
Existing law provides that an infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. Existing law also specifies that a person charged with an infraction is not entitled to a trial by jury and is generally not entitled to have a public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent them.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law provides that an infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. Existing law also specifies that a person charged with an infraction is not entitled to a trial by jury and is generally not entitled to have a public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent them.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19.6 of the Penal Code is amended to read:19.6. An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to a trial by jury. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is them unless they are arrested and not released on his or her their written promise to appear, his or her their own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.
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 19.6 of the Penal Code is amended to read:19.6. An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to a trial by jury. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is them unless they are arrested and not released on his or her their written promise to appear, his or her their own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.
SECTION 1. Section 19.6 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
19.6. An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to a trial by jury. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is them unless they are arrested and not released on his or her their written promise to appear, his or her their own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.
19.6. An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to a trial by jury. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is them unless they are arrested and not released on his or her their written promise to appear, his or her their own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.
19.6. An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to a trial by jury. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is them unless they are arrested and not released on his or her their written promise to appear, his or her their own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.
19.6. An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to a trial by jury. A person charged with an infraction shall not be is not entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is them unless they are arrested and not released on his or her their written promise to appear, his or her their own recognizance, or a deposit of bail.