US Congress House Bill 1878 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the same right of access to public transportation, accommodations, and private entity transportation services to be afforded to licensed or certified trainers of service animals (or appropriately credentialed handlers such animals) as is afforded under specified provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to individuals with disabilities who use such service animals. Declares it discriminatory under the ADA to afford such a trainer, when accompanied by a service animal, with any service, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation that is unequal to that afforded to other individuals. Defines "service animal" as a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained or being trained to assist a disabled individual and distinguished by wearing a collar, leash, harness, or cape identifying the animal as a service animal in training, regardless of whether such animal has been licensed or certified by a state or local government.

To require that the same access to transportation and public accommodations that is afforded to individuals with disabilities who use service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act be afforded to certified trainers of service animals.

Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2011-05-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2011-05-12	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-05-12	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-05-12	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1878/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1878/BILLS-112hr1878ih.pdf