VA HB270 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 31 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 31 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Rights of persons with disabilities in public places and places of public accommodation; fraudulent representation of a service dog; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently fits a dog with a harness, collar, vest, sign, or identification card commonly used by a person with a disability in order to represent that the dog is a service dog to fraudulently gain public access for such dog in a public place is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
Title
Persons with disabilities; rights in public places, fraudulent representation of service dog.
Sponsors
| Del. Mark Cole [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-16 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2016-01-18 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote |
| 2016-01-14 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| 2015-12-31 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2015-12-31 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101337D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB270 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB270+hil |
