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CS/CS/HB 1077: Service Animals

GENERAL BILL by Civil Justice Subcommittee ; Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee ; Kriseman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Baxley ; Campbell ; Jenne ; Julien ; Pafford ; Randolph ; Rooney

Service Animals; Cites act as "Dawson and David Caras Act"; provides rights for individual accompanied by service animal; provides that documentation that service animal is trained is not precondition for providing certain services to individual accompanied by service animal; provides restrictions for public accommodation imposing deposit or surcharge; provides for liability of individual accompanied by or trainer of service animal; provides responsibility for supervision of service animal; provides conditions for exclusion or removal of service animal from public accommodation; provides penalty for denying or interfering with right to public accommodation; provides for rights to housing accommodations for owner of service animal; provides limitations; provides rights of housing to owner or trainer of service animal; provides rights to trainer of service animals; provides penalty for misrepresentation as trainer.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/19/2011 House • Filed
    1/9/2012 House • Referred to Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 105
    1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 105
    1/20/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee, 01/24/12, 2:00 pm, Webster Hall
    1/24/2012 House • CS by Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 299
    1/26/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    1/27/2012 House • Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee -HJ 297
    • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/31/12, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
    • CS by Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 290
    1/31/2012 House • CS/CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 455
    2/1/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    2/2/2012 House • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 451
    • CS/CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 448
    2/3/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/07/12, 1:30 pm, 404 HOB
    2/7/2012 House • Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 548
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 548
    3/9/2012 House • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/CS/HB 1077, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/1/2012 at 6:17 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/7/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1382 (e1) Service Animals Bennett Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Messages
    Location: In messages from Senate

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    252.355 Registry of persons with special needs; notice. Page 11 (pdf)
    413.08 Rights of an individual with a disability; use of a service animal; discrimination in public employment or housing accommodations; penalties. Page 2 (pdf)
    413.083 Page 6 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 1077, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 1/26/2012 at 10:35 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Civil Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/1/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1382 Service Animals Bennett Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Messages
    Location: In messages from Senate

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    699069 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Kriseman 1/30/2012
    7:14 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    1/31/2012
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    413.08 Rights of an individual with a disability; use of a service animal; discrimination in public employment or housing accommodations; penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • HB 1077, Original Filed Version Posted 12/19/2011 at 10:42 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/26/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1382 Service Animals Bennett Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Messages
    Location: In messages from Senate

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    509405 - Amendment
    Between lines 14 and 15, insert:
    Kriseman 1/23/2012
    5:59 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    1/24/2012
    PDF
    851683 - Amendment
    Remove lines 28-168 and insert:
    Kriseman 1/23/2012
    3:19 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    1/24/2012
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    413.08 Rights of an individual with a disability; use of a service animal; discrimination in public employment or housing accommodations; penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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