California Penal Code

§ 136.7

PEN § 136.7 Effective Jan 1, 2022Title 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 6

Statute text

(a)Every person imprisoned in a county jail or the state prison who has been convicted of a sexual offense, including, but not limited to, a violation of Section 243.4, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266f, 285, 286, 287, 288, or 289, or former Section 262 or 288a, who knowingly reveals the name and address of a witness or victim to that offense to any other prisoner with the intent that the other prisoner will intimidate or harass the witness or victim through the initiation of unauthorized correspondence with the witness or victim, is guilty of a public offense, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

(b)This section shall not prevent the interviewing of witnesses.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 626, Sec. 15. (AB 1171) Effective January 1, 2022.