KY HB335 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 140)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 140)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Amends KRS 258.335 to make unlawful the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodation; amends KRS 258.500 to define “person” as a person who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and to stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition, to define additional terms, to exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, to establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation, to provide that emotional support animals are not required to be admitted where assistance dog are not allowed, to provide that the rights, privileges, and exemptions afforded to assistance dogs do not extend to emotional support animals, to affirm certain rights and privileges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory, and to allow additional rights for those providing accommodation in situations of tenancy; amends KRS 258.991 to set the penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 to $1,000 and to delete jail time, to make the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodations unlawful, and to provide for a fine of up to $1,000; and amends KRS 525.010 to redefine “assistance dog.”
Title
AN ACT relating to animals.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3136 (Y: 37 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-21 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 318 (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-21 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 318 (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-09 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 140) |
| 2024-03-28 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 37-1 |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | to Agriculture (S) |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-03-21 | House | 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2024-03-14 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024 |
| 2024-03-13 | House | reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2024-03-12 | House | returned to Agriculture (H) |
| 2024-03-12 | House | 2nd reading |
| 2024-03-12 | House | taken from Agriculture (H) |
| 2024-03-11 | House | returned to Agriculture (H) |
| 2024-03-11 | House | 1st reading |
| 2024-03-11 | House | taken from Agriculture (H) |
| 2024-03-05 | House | to Agriculture (H) |
| 2024-01-22 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-01-22 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Disabilities and the Disabled
Dogs
Landlord and Tenant
Local Mandate
Small Business
Trade Practices and Retailing
Dogs
Landlord and Tenant
Local Mandate
Small Business
Trade Practices and Retailing
