Substitute for Raised S.B. No. 1386
Session Year 2025


AN ACT CONCERNING DOG BREED AND THERAPY ANIMALS IN INSURANCE UNDERWRITING AND EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PENALTY FOR MISREPRESENTING A DOG AS A SERVICE ANIMAL.

To: (1) Prohibit any homeowners insurance or tenants insurance policy from discriminating based on (A) harboring or owning any dog of a specific breed or mixture of breeds, or (B) owning any dog that is a dog trained or being trained as a service animal to assist blind, deaf or mobility impaired persons; and (2) require the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a penalty for intentional misrepresentation of a dog as a service animal to gain accommodations under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.


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