California SB1330 increases penalties for battery against utility workers.

California SB1330 amends the Penal Code to increase penalties for battery against utility workers. Battery against a utility worker engaged in their duties is now punishable by a fine up to $2,000, imprisonment in county jail for up to one year, or both. The bill also mandates that if probation is granted, the defendant must participate in a domestic violence treatment program for at least one year.

California SB1330 increases penalties for battery against utility workers.

California SB1330 amends the Penal Code to increase penalties for battery against utility workers. Battery against a utility worker engaged in their duties is now punishable by a fine up to $2,000, imprisonment in county jail for up to one year, or both. The bill also mandates that if probation is granted, the defendant must participate in a domestic violence treatment program for at least one year.