KY HB403 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-31 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 31 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-31 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person with a disability who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider; stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; exclude from therapeutic relationship a fee-based transaction 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 percent allocated to spay and neuter clinics and 50 percent allocated to county animal shelter block grants; amend KRS 525.010 to clarify the definition of "assistance dog"; amend KRS 258.119 to allocate 50 percent of fines collected to spay and neuter clinics and 50 percent to county animal shelter block grants; APPROPRIATION.
Title
AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2022-01-31 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
2022-01-31 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Agriculture
Arbitration
Counties
Disabilities and the Disabled
Dogs
Landlord and Tenant
Local Mandate
Public Assistance
Public Health
Small Business
Trade Practices and Retailing
Arbitration
Counties
Disabilities and the Disabled
Dogs
Landlord and Tenant
Local Mandate
Public Assistance
Public Health
Small Business
Trade Practices and Retailing