Senate Bill 279

Actions
Last Action 03/19/20: returned to Health and Family Services (H)
Title AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation.
Bill Documents Current/Final
Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement Local Mandate
Bill Request Number 847
Sponsor J. Higdon
Summary of Original Version Amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person with a disability who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider; establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation; affirm certain rights and privileges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory and allow additional rights for those providing accommodation in situations of tenancy; amend KRS 258.335 to make unlawful the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodation; amend KRS 258.991 to set penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 and delete jail time; make the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodations unlawful and provide for a fine of up to $1,000; require that all fines collected be paid into the animal control and care fund with 50% for spay and neuter clinics and 50% for county animal shelter block grants; amend KRS 525.010 to clarify the definition of "assistance dog."
Index Headings of Original Version Disabilities and the Disabled - Unlawful misrepresentation as assistance dog, prevention of
Dogs - Unlawful misrepresentation as assistance dog, prevention of
Landlord and Tenant - Assistance dog, landlord rights, documentation for
Public Assistance - Unlawful misrepresentation as assistance dog, prevention of
Public Health - Unlawful misrepresentation as assistance dog, prevention of
Small Business - Assistance dog, misrepresentation, penalty for
Trade Practices and Retailing - Assistance dog, accommodation, misrepresentation of pets, penalties for
Agriculture - Animal Care and Control Fund, penalties placed in
Counties - Animal Care and Control Fund, animal shelters, spay neuter clinics, funding for
Local Mandate - Assistance dog, accommodation, misrepresentation of pets, penalties for
Votes Vote History

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03/04/20
  • introduced in Senate
03/06/20
  • to Health & Welfare (S)
03/11/20
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
03/12/20
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/17/20
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17, 2020
  • 3rd reading, passed 34-0
03/18/20
  • received in House
03/19/20
  • to Health and Family Services (H)
  • taken from Health and Family Services (H)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Health and Family Services (H)


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