Overview
- In a new video, Nick Shirley confronted California legislators at the Capitol over AB 2624, which he argues would criminalize fraud exposés.
- Several Democrats on camera said he misread the bill, with Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez offering to discuss it further, while others declined to engage or said they needed to review it.
- AB 2624, authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta, would add immigration-service workers and some clients to a state address-confidentiality program and would curb posting their personal data to incite violence.
- Bonta’s office says the bill targets doxxing, not reporting, and notes penalties require intent to provoke imminent great bodily harm or to cause a reasonable fear for safety.
- The proposal remains under Assembly review as Republicans such as Carl DeMaio and online critics label it the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” and warn of First Amendment risks.