Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Alexandra’s Law Act of 2025”.
Alexandra’s Law Act of 2025
A BILL
To authorize the court to make an advisory statement under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Controlled substances advisory statement
Section 401 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(i) Advisory statement
“(1) Conviction—Any person who is convicted of, or enters a plea of guilty or no contest, to an offense under this section with respect to which death occurred, may be charged with homicide.
“(2) Court advising—A court shall advise any person who is convicted of, or enters a plea of guilty or no contest to, an offense under this section involving N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide, or an analogue thereof, exchanged for anything of value, with respect to which death occurred, of the following:
“(3) Evidence
“(A) In general—Except as provided in paragraph (4), in the case of a defendant who is charged with an offense under section 1111 of 1112 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to a death involving N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or an analogue thereof, exchanged for anything of value, a previous conviction for, or a plea of guilty or no contest to, an offense under this section involving N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide, or an analogue thereof, in exchange for anything of value, with respect to which death occurred, may be used as evidence that the defendant had knowledge that the substance provided to the decedent contained N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or an analogue thereof.
“(B) Admission of State court acknowledgment—Any sworn statement used in State court that is substantially similar to the statement in paragraph (2) shall be admissible in a Federal court.
“(C) Admission of Federal court acknowledgment—Any sworn statement in paragraph (2) may be admissible in a State court.
“(4) Exception—Paragraph (3) shall not apply to the prosecution of an individual who was a minor at the time at which the individual committed the offense.”