CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 732

Introduced by Assembly Member Mike Fong

February 13, 2023

An act to amend Section 19 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 732, as introduced, Mike Fong. Crimes: punishment for misdemeanors.
Under existing law, any offense declared to be a misdemeanor for which no punishment is specified is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 19 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

19.
 Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any law of this state, every offense declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six 6 months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both. both that fine and imprisonment.