Bill Text: CA AB2914 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2914 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Crimes: forgery.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-19 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. [AB2914 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2914-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2914

Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham

February 18, 2022

An act to amend Section 484f of the Penal Code, relating to forgery.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2914, as introduced, Cunningham. Crimes: forgery.

Existing law provides that every person who, with the intent to defraud, designs, makes, alters, or embosses, a counterfeit access card or utters or otherwise attempts to use a counterfeit access card is guilty of forgery.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Section 484f of the Penal Code is amended to read:

484f.

(a) Every person who, with the intent to defraud, designs, makes, alters, or embosses a counterfeit access card or utters or otherwise attempts to use a counterfeit access card is guilty of forgery.

(b) A person other than the cardholder or a person authorized by ~~him or her~~ the cardholder who, with the intent to defraud, signs the name of another or of a fictitious person to an access card, sales slip, sales draft, or instrument for the payment of money which evidences an access card transaction, is guilty of forgery.