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Committee recommends 'inexpedient to legislate' on liquor‑label health‑warning bill
Summary
The Commerce and Consumer Affairs work session voted to recommend HB1174 inexpedient to legislate after members said existing signage and the liquor commission's 988 notices make a mandatory cancer/health warning sign duplicative. The committee placed the item on the consent calendar.
The subcommittee reviewed HB1174, a proposal that would require on‑ and off‑premise alcohol licensees and state liquor stores to post visible signage warning of health risks associated with alcohol use.
Chair opened the discussion by summarizing the bill and its overlap with prior efforts, saying the commission had already promoted the 988 suicide/crisis line at liquor…
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