Bill Text: VA HB270 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB270 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB270-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 270 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled December 31, 2015 A BILL 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; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Cole (By Request) ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

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; penalty.

Any person who knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently 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 to fraudulently gain public access for such dog pursuant to provisions in§51.5-44 is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.