Section 9053.5 Of Article 3. Crimes Against The Legislative Power From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.5. >> Article 3.

. (a) Every person who intentionally, maliciously, with knowledge of the falsity, and with intent to defame a particular legislator, publishes or causes to be published any writing which purports to be a facsimile of an actual bill or resolution, or any part thereof, of the California Legislature, which is not an exact copy of a bill or resolution, or part thereof, which has been introduced in the Legislature, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
  (b) This section shall not apply to the print media, the electronic media, or to news services.