HB 335 KY

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Amend KRS 258.119 to allow the animal control and care fund to receive fines; amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; define additional terms; 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; specify that emotional support animals are not required to be admitted where assistance dog are allowed; specify that the rights, privileges, and exemptions afforded to assistance dogs do not extend to emotional support animals; affirm certain rights and priviledges 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 the penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 to $1,000 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 funds be paid into the animal control and care fund with 50% to fund spay and neuter clinics and 50% for county animal shelter block grants; amend KRS 525.010 to redefine "assistance dog."

• C. Massaroni Republican · primary
• S. Rudy Republican · primary

1. Jan 22, 2024 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 22, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Mar 5, 2024 to Agriculture (H) · lower
4. Mar 11, 2024 taken from Agriculture (H) · lower
5. Mar 11, 2024 1st reading · lower
6. Mar 11, 2024 returned to Agriculture (H) · lower
7. Mar 12, 2024 taken from Agriculture (H) · lower
8. Mar 12, 2024 2nd reading · lower
9. Mar 12, 2024 returned to Agriculture (H) · lower
10. Mar 13, 2024 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
11. Mar 14, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024 · lower
12. Mar 21, 2024 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · lower
13. Mar 22, 2024 received in Senate · upper
14. Mar 22, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
15. Mar 25, 2024 to Agriculture (S) · upper
16. Mar 26, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar · lower
17. Mar 27, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill · lower
18. Mar 27, 2024 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024 · lower
19. Mar 28, 2024 3rd reading, passed 37-1 · lower
20. Mar 28, 2024 received in House · lower
21. Mar 28, 2024 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
22. Mar 28, 2024 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
23. Mar 28, 2024 delivered to Governor · lower
24. Apr 9, 2024 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 140) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Acts Chapter 140 · PDF
• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF