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                                    ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2026

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Karahalios, Wood, Leonard and Kessler)

Read first time 03/03/93. 

Requiring notice about fetal alcohol syndrome.

          AN ACT Relating to notice about fetal alcohol syndrome; adding a new section to chapter 66.08 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The United States surgeon general warns that women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects.  The legislature finds that these defects include fetal alcohol syndrome, a birth defect that causes permanent antisocial behavior in the sufferer, disrupts the functions of his or her family, and, at an alarmingly increasing rate, extracts a safety and fiscal toll on society.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 66.08 RCW to read as follows:

          The board shall cause to be posted in a conspicuous place within each state liquor store a notice warning women that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause birth defects, including fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects.

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