Senate BillNo. 905


Introduced by Senator Knight

January 17, 2014


An act to amend Section 4501 of the Penal Code, relating to assault.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 905, as introduced, Knight. Assault: force likely to produce great bodily injury.

Existing law provides that, except as specified, every person confined in a state prison who commits an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument, or by any means of force likely to produce bodily injury, shall be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 4, or 6 years.

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

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

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

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SECTION 1.  

Section 4501 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:

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4501.  

begin insert(a)end insert Except as provided in Section 4500, every person
4confined in a state prison of this state who commits an assault upon
5the person of another with a deadly weapon orbegin delete instrument, or by
6any means of force likely to produce great bodily injury,end delete
begin insert instrumentend insert
7 shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state
8prison for two, four, or six years to be served consecutively.

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9(b) Except as provided in Section 4500, every person confined
10in a state prison of this state who commits an assault upon the
P2    1person of another by any means of force likely to produce great
2bodily injury shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned
3in the state prison for two, four, or six years to be served
4consecutively.

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