CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 95Introduced by Senator UmbergJanuary 23, 2025 An act to amend Section 777 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 95, as introduced, Umberg. Criminal procedure: jurisdiction.Existing law specifies that every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State for a public offense committed by them therein, except where the public offense is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States. Existing law also specifies that, except as otherwise provided by law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory in which it is committed.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 777 of the Penal Code is amended to read:777. Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, State for a public offense committed by him them therein, except where it is by law is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except States. Except as otherwise provided by law law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of in which it is committed.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 95Introduced by Senator UmbergJanuary 23, 2025 An act to amend Section 777 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 95, as introduced, Umberg. Criminal procedure: jurisdiction.Existing law specifies that every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State for a public offense committed by them therein, except where the public offense is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States. Existing law also specifies that, except as otherwise provided by law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory in which it is committed.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 95
Introduced by Senator UmbergJanuary 23, 2025
Introduced by Senator Umberg
January 23, 2025
An act to amend Section 777 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 95, as introduced, Umberg. Criminal procedure: jurisdiction.
Existing law specifies that every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State for a public offense committed by them therein, except where the public offense is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States. Existing law also specifies that, except as otherwise provided by law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory in which it is committed.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law specifies that every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State for a public offense committed by them therein, except where the public offense is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States. Existing law also specifies that, except as otherwise provided by law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory in which it is committed.
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 777 of the Penal Code is amended to read:777. Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, State for a public offense committed by him them therein, except where it is by law is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except States. Except as otherwise provided by law law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of in which it is committed.
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 777 of the Penal Code is amended to read:777. Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, State for a public offense committed by him them therein, except where it is by law is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except States. Except as otherwise provided by law law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of in which it is committed.
SECTION 1. Section 777 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
777. Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, State for a public offense committed by him them therein, except where it is by law is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except States. Except as otherwise provided by law law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of in which it is committed.
777. Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, State for a public offense committed by him them therein, except where it is by law is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except States. Except as otherwise provided by law law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of in which it is committed.
777. Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, State for a public offense committed by him them therein, except where it is by law is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except States. Except as otherwise provided by law law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of in which it is committed.
777. Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, State for a public offense committed by him them therein, except where it is by law is, by law, cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except States. Except as otherwise provided by law law, the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of in which it is committed.