Kentucky Senate Bill 279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 18 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-19 - returned to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person with a disability who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; 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; affirm certain rights and privileges 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 penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 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 all fines collected be paid into the animal control and care fund with 50% for spay and neuter clinics and 50% for county animal shelter block grants; amend KRS 525.010 to clarify the definition of "assistance dog."

AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation.

Sen. Jimmy Higdon [R]

2020-03-17 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 1350 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-19	House	returned to Health and Family Services (H)
2020-03-19	House	1st reading
2020-03-19	House	taken from Health and Family Services (H)
2020-03-19	House	to Health and Family Services (H)
2020-03-18	House	received in House
2020-03-17	Senate	3rd reading, passed 34-0
2020-03-17	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-11	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2020-03-06	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2020-03-04	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb279.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb279/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb279/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/sb279/LM.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb279/vote_history.pdf