CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 44Introduced by Senator UmbergDecember 05, 2022 An act to add Section 11369 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 44, as introduced, Umberg. Controlled substances. Existing law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transport, sell, furnish, administer, give away, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare various controlled substances, including, among others, fentanyl, peyote, and various other opiates and narcotics.This bill would require a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, the above crimes to receive a written advisory of the danger of manufacturing or distribution of controlled substances and that, if a person dies as a result of that action, the manufacturer or distributor can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder. The bill would require that the fact the advisory was given be on the record and recorded on the abstract of conviction.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11369 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11369. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandras 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, 11352, or 11379.6 of the following:You are hereby advised that the illicit manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, either real or counterfeit, inflicts a grave health risk to those who ingest or are exposed to them. It is extremely dangerous to human life to manufacture or distribute real or counterfeit controlled substances. If you do so, and a person dies as a result of that action, you can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder.(c) The advisory statement shall be provided to the defendant in writing, either on the plea form or after sentencing, and the fact that the advisory was given shall be on the record and recorded in the abstract of the conviction.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 44Introduced by Senator UmbergDecember 05, 2022 An act to add Section 11369 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 44, as introduced, Umberg. Controlled substances. Existing law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transport, sell, furnish, administer, give away, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare various controlled substances, including, among others, fentanyl, peyote, and various other opiates and narcotics.This bill would require a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, the above crimes to receive a written advisory of the danger of manufacturing or distribution of controlled substances and that, if a person dies as a result of that action, the manufacturer or distributor can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder. The bill would require that the fact the advisory was given be on the record and recorded on the abstract of conviction.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 44
Introduced by Senator UmbergDecember 05, 2022
Introduced by Senator Umberg
December 05, 2022
An act to add Section 11369 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 44, as introduced, Umberg. Controlled substances.
Existing law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transport, sell, furnish, administer, give away, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare various controlled substances, including, among others, fentanyl, peyote, and various other opiates and narcotics.This bill would require a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, the above crimes to receive a written advisory of the danger of manufacturing or distribution of controlled substances and that, if a person dies as a result of that action, the manufacturer or distributor can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder. The bill would require that the fact the advisory was given be on the record and recorded on the abstract of conviction.
Existing law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transport, sell, furnish, administer, give away, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare various controlled substances, including, among others, fentanyl, peyote, and various other opiates and narcotics.
This bill would require a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, the above crimes to receive a written advisory of the danger of manufacturing or distribution of controlled substances and that, if a person dies as a result of that action, the manufacturer or distributor can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder. The bill would require that the fact the advisory was given be on the record and recorded on the abstract of conviction.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11369 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11369. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandras 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, 11352, or 11379.6 of the following:You are hereby advised that the illicit manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, either real or counterfeit, inflicts a grave health risk to those who ingest or are exposed to them. It is extremely dangerous to human life to manufacture or distribute real or counterfeit controlled substances. If you do so, and a person dies as a result of that action, you can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder.(c) The advisory statement shall be provided to the defendant in writing, either on the plea form or after sentencing, and the fact that the advisory was given shall be on the record and recorded in the abstract of the conviction.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11369 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11369. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandras 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, 11352, or 11379.6 of the following:You are hereby advised that the illicit manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, either real or counterfeit, inflicts a grave health risk to those who ingest or are exposed to them. It is extremely dangerous to human life to manufacture or distribute real or counterfeit controlled substances. If you do so, and a person dies as a result of that action, you can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder.(c) The advisory statement shall be provided to the defendant in writing, either on the plea form or after sentencing, and the fact that the advisory was given shall be on the record and recorded in the abstract of the conviction.
SECTION 1. Section 11369 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
11369. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandras 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, 11352, or 11379.6 of the following:You are hereby advised that the illicit manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, either real or counterfeit, inflicts a grave health risk to those who ingest or are exposed to them. It is extremely dangerous to human life to manufacture or distribute real or counterfeit controlled substances. If you do so, and a person dies as a result of that action, you can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder.(c) The advisory statement shall be provided to the defendant in writing, either on the plea form or after sentencing, and the fact that the advisory was given shall be on the record and recorded in the abstract of the conviction.
11369. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandras 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, 11352, or 11379.6 of the following:You are hereby advised that the illicit manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, either real or counterfeit, inflicts a grave health risk to those who ingest or are exposed to them. It is extremely dangerous to human life to manufacture or distribute real or counterfeit controlled substances. If you do so, and a person dies as a result of that action, you can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder.(c) The advisory statement shall be provided to the defendant in writing, either on the plea form or after sentencing, and the fact that the advisory was given shall be on the record and recorded in the abstract of the conviction.
11369. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandras 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, 11352, or 11379.6 of the following:You are hereby advised that the illicit manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, either real or counterfeit, inflicts a grave health risk to those who ingest or are exposed to them. It is extremely dangerous to human life to manufacture or distribute real or counterfeit controlled substances. If you do so, and a person dies as a result of that action, you can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder.(c) The advisory statement shall be provided to the defendant in writing, either on the plea form or after sentencing, and the fact that the advisory was given shall be on the record and recorded in the abstract of the conviction.
11369. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandras 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, 11352, or 11379.6 of the following:
You are hereby advised that the illicit manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, either real or counterfeit, inflicts a grave health risk to those who ingest or are exposed to them. It is extremely dangerous to human life to manufacture or distribute real or counterfeit controlled substances. If you do so, and a person dies as a result of that action, you can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder.
(c) The advisory statement shall be provided to the defendant in writing, either on the plea form or after sentencing, and the fact that the advisory was given shall be on the record and recorded in the abstract of the conviction.