California Penal Code

§ 422.56

PEN § 422.56 Effective Jan 1, 2022Title 11.6 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

For purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics” includes advocacy for, identification with, or being on the premises owned or rented by, or adjacent to, any of the following: a community center, educational facility, family, individual, office, meeting hall, place of worship, private institution, public agency, library, or other entity, group, or person that has, or is identified with people who have, one or more of the characteristics listed in the definition of “hate crime” under paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 422.55.

(b)“Disability” includes mental disability and physical disability, as defined in Section 12926 of the Government Code, regardless of whether those disabilities are temporary, permanent, congenital, or acquired by heredity, accident, injury, advanced age, or illness. This definition is declaratory of existing law.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 295, Sec. 1. (AB 600) Effective January 1, 2022.