Bill Text: IL HB5181 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In a provision requiring retail licensees to post a sign with a specified message concerning the risk of birth defects, removes a provision directing individuals who need assistance for substance abuse to call the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. Provides that the sign shall be no less than (instead of no larger than) 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5181 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5181-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5181 Introduced , by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
235 ILCS 5/6-24a from Ch. 43, par. 139a
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In a provision requiring retail licensees to post a sign with a specified message concerning the risk of birth defects, removes a provision directing individuals who need assistance for substance abuse to call the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. Provides that the sign shall be no less than (instead of no larger than) 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning liquor.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
changing Section 6-24a as follows:
(235 ILCS 5/6-24a) (from Ch. 43, par. 139a)
Sec. 6-24a. Display of birth defects warning signs.
(a) The General Assembly finds that there is a need for
public information about the risk of birth defects
(specifically Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) when women consume
alcoholic liquor during pregnancy. The United States Surgeon
General has recommended abstinence from alcohol during
pregnancy. Since Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and fetal alcohol
effects are preventable, the General Assembly finds that it is
in the public interest to provide warning about the risk of
alcohol-related birth defects at places where alcoholic
liquors are sold.
(b) Every holder of a retail license, whether the licensee
sells or offers for sale alcoholic liquors for use or
consumption on or off the retail license premises, shall cause
a sign with the message "GOVERNMENT WARNING: ACCORDING TO THE
SURGEON GENERAL, WOMEN SHOULD NOT DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
DURING PREGNANCY BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF BIRTH DEFECTS. IF YOU

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