California Health and Safety Code

§ 11369

HSC § 11369 Effective Dec 18, 2024Div. 10 · Ch. 6 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandra’s Law.

(b)The court shall advise a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, a violation of Section 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, or 11379.6 involving a hard drug, of the following: “You are hereby advised that it is extremely dangerous and deadly to human life to illicitly manufacture, distribute, sell, furnish, administer, or give away any drugs in any form, including real or counterfeit drugs or pills. You can kill someone by engaging in this conduct. All drugs and counterfeit pills are dangerous to human life. These substances alone, or mixed, kill human beings in very small doses. If you illicitly manufacture, distribute, sell, furnish, administer, or give away any real or counterfeit drugs or pills, and that conduct results in the death of a human being, you could be charged with homicide, up to and including the crime of murder, within the meaning of Section 187 of the Penal Code.”

(c)The advisory statement shall be provided to the defendant in writing, either on a plea form, if used, as an addendum to a plea form, or at sentencing, and the fact that the advisory was given shall be specified on the record and recorded in the abstract of the conviction.

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Legislative history

Added November 5, 2024, by initiative Proposition 36, Sec. 4. Effective December 18, 2024. Approved in Proposition 36 at the November 5, 2024, election.