Relating to service dogs and county or city dog breed restrictions

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2022
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 19, 2022
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to service dogs in the context of county or city breed restrictions. Current law grants a person with a disability, a person assisting a person with a disability by controlling a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, or a person training a service animal the right to be accompanied by the service animal or service-animal-in-training, under control, at public facilities and accommodations without being required to make additional payment for the service animal or service-animal-in-training.

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The bill provides that the right does not apply if the public facility or accommodation is in a county or city that prohibits or restricts the possession of a specific breed or perceived breed of dog and the service animal or service-animal-in-training is of the prohibited or restricted breed or perceived breed of dog.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named January 19, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§216C.11

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Lobbying

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