West Virginia House Bill 2387 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-13 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to adjust the West Virginia Fair Housing Act to realign it with the federal Fair Housing Act with regard to support animals. The bill also substitutes the term disability for the term handicap in the West Virginia Fair Housing Act. The bill defines the term assistance animal. The bill requires a person with a disability who requests a reasonable accommodation to provide supporting material documenting the need for the assistance animal. The bill provides exceptions and imposes a liability provision.

Relating to the West Virginia Fair Housing Act

Del. Charlene Marshall [D]

Del. Clif Moore [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-13	House	To House Judiciary
2013-02-13	House	Introduced in House
2013-02-13	House	To Judiciary
2013-02-13	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	11A	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11A	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11A	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11A	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2387&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2387%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=2387