Bill Text: IL HB3905 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who intentionally misrepresents an animal as a service animal commits a petty offense. Provides that a person commits intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal when the person: (1) intentionally misrepresents an animal in his or her possession as his or her service animal; (2) was previously given a warning that it is illegal to intentionally misrepresent an animal as a service animal; and (3) knows that the animal is a not a service animal.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3905 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3905-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3905 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/48-8.5 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who intentionally misrepresents an animal as a service animal commits a petty offense. Provides that a person commits intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal when the person: (1) intentionally misrepresents an animal in his or her possession as his or her service animal; (2) was previously given a warning that it is illegal to intentionally misrepresent an animal as a service animal; and (3) knows that the animal is a not a service animal.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
Section 48-8.5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/48-8.5 new)
Sec. 48-8.5. Misrepresentation of service animal.
(a) A person commits the offense of intentional
misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal when:
(1) the person intentionally misrepresents an animal
in his or her possession as his or her service animal, or a
person with a disability's service animal whom the person
is assisting by controlling, for the purpose of obtaining
any of the rights or privileges set forth in State or
federal law;
(2) the person was previously given a written or verbal
warning regarding the fact that it is illegal to
intentionally misrepresent an animal as a service animal;
and
(3) the person knows that the animal is not a service
animal.
(b) A person who violates this Section commits a petty
offense.

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(c) For purposes of this Section, "service animal" has the
same meaning as in Section 48-8.