Bill Text: VA SB363 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

Virginia Senate Bill 363 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Persons with disabilities; rights in public places, fraudulent representation of service dog.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-29 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575) [SB363 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SB363-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 575 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 51.5-44.1, relating to the rights of persons with disabilities in public places and places of public accommodation; fraudulent representation of a service dog or hearing dog; penalty. [S 363] Approved March 29, 2016

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 51.5-44.1 as follows:

§51.5-44.1. Fraudulent representation of a service dog or hearing dog; penalty.

Any person who knowingly and willfully fits a dog with a harness, collar, vest, or sign, or uses an identification card commonly used by a person with a disability, in order to represent that the dog is a service dog or hearing dog to fraudulently gain public access for such dog pursuant to provisions in §51.5-44 is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.