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Senate rejects substitute that would have restored alcohol‑tax funding for fetal‑alcohol education; unsubstituted bill later tabled
Summary
A proposed substitute to restore a funding stream for a fetal‑alcohol public education campaign — roughly $2.5 million over two years — failed on a division; senators debated dedicated funding versus appropriations before tabling the underlying bill on fiscal grounds.
Senators debated House Bill 208, an alcohol‑education measure that would launch a pilot public‑education campaign on alcohol exposure during pregnancy. Representative sponsors described the program as similar to prior successful prevention campaigns; Senator Winterton presented the bill and accepted a substitution offered by Senator Andrade that restored a funding component removed earlier in committee.
Senator Andrade told colleagues the substitute "restores the funding…
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