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HOUSE BILL 2026
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Representatives Karahalios, Wood, Leonard and Kessler
Read first time 02/22/93. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to notice about fetal alcohol syndrome; adding a new section to chapter 66.08 RCW; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.
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 in one-inch type to the following effect: "Women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects, including fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects."
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1995, from the general fund to the Washington state liquor control board for the purposes of section 2 of this act.
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