| Last Action | 03/19/20: returned to Health and Family Services (H) |
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| 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 |
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| 03/06/20 |
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| 03/11/20 |
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| 03/17/20 |
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| 03/18/20 |
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| 03/19/20 |
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