Bill Text: MI HB4112 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Liquor; licenses; posting to warn of the potential problems of drinking alcohol during pregnancy; require on premises of retail liquor licensees. Amends 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1101 - 436.2303) by adding sec. 905a.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-5)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [HB4112 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4112-Engrossed.html

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HB-4112, As Passed House, March 12, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled

 

"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"

 

(MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 905a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 905a. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person

 

licensed under this act to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on

 

or off the licensed premises at retail shall post in a conspicuous

 

location a sign informing the public of the effects of alcohol

 

consumption during pregnancy. The sign must contain the message:

 

"Pregnancy and alcohol do not mix. Drinking alcoholic beverages

 

during pregnancy can cause birth defects.". The commission shall

 

include the message required under this subsection in the sign

 

furnished by the commission under section 701.

 

     (2) If the person described in subsection (1) sells alcoholic

 

liquor for consumption on the licensed premises, instead of posting

 

a sign the person may place the message required by subsection (1)

 

on a menu.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 180 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.