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CS/SB 1128: Emotional Support Animals

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Diaz

Emotional Support Animals; Providing that an individual with a disability who has an emotional support animal or obtains an emotional support animal is entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations; prohibiting a housing accommodation from requiring such individual to pay extra compensation for such animal; specifying that an individual with a disability is liable for certain damage done by her or his emotional support animal, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Innovation, Industry, and Technology (IT)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/18/2019 Senate • Filed
    2/28/2019 Senate • Referred to Agriculture; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules -SJ 119
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 119
    3/6/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/11/19, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
    3/11/2019 Senate • Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 194
    3/12/2019 Senate • Now in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
    3/21/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 03/26/19, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/26/2019 Senate • Favorable by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 280
    • Now in Rules
    4/5/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/10/19, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
    4/10/2019 Senate • CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -SJ 343
    • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    4/12/2019 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    4/16/2019 Senate • CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 354
    4/22/2019 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19 -SJ 451
    4/24/2019 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 433
    • Amendment(s) adopted (131058) -SJ 433
    • Temporarily postponed on 2nd reading; On Unfinished Business -SJ 433
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/SB 1128, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/10/2019 at 2:35 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 721 (c1) Emotional Support Animals Killebrew Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died on Calendar

    Floor Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    344982 - Amendment
    Delete lines 58 - 59 and insert:
    Taddeo 4/24/2019
    10:41 AM
    Senate: Withdrawn
    4/24/2019
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    PDF
    131058 - Amendment
    Delete line 87 and insert:
    Diaz 4/23/2019
    10:40 AM
    Senate: Adopted
    4/24/2019
    Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    413.08 Rights and responsibilities of an individual with a disability; use of a service animal; prohibited discrimination in public employment, public accommodations, and housing accommodations; penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 1128, Original Filed Version Posted 2/18/2019 at 9:01 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Agriculture (Pre-Meeting) 3/8/2019 (pdf)
    Agriculture (Post-Meeting) 3/11/2019 (pdf)
    Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Pre-Meeting) 3/25/2019 (pdf)
    Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2019 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/9/2019 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 721 Emotional Support Animals Killebrew Identical Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died on Calendar

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    631160 - Amendment
    Delete line 77 and insert:
    Rules
    (Diaz)
    4/9/2019
    12:24 PM
    (Late Filed)
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/10/2019
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    3/11/2019 1:30 PM Agriculture 5 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/26/2019 1:30 PM Innovation, Industry, and Technology 10 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/10/2019 10:00 AM Rules 15 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    413.08 Rights and responsibilities of an individual with a disability; use of a service animal; prohibited discrimination in public employment, public accommodations, and housing accommodations; penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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