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HB 209 Florida House · 2020 Regular Session

Emotional Support Animals

Summary
Emotional Support Animals; Prohibits discrimination in housing provided to person with disability who has emotional support animal; prohibits housing provider from requiring such person to pay extra compensation; authorizes housing provider to request certain information; specifies person with disability is liable for damage done by emotional support animal; prohibits health care practitioner from providing information for emotional support animal without personal knowledge of person's need for animal; prohibits falsification of written documentation or other misrepresentation.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Last action Mar 9, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Mar 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
Laid on Table - Companion bill(s) SB 1084 passed
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS/CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/30/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall --Temporarily Postponed
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS/CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/16/20, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
lower
Nov 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Now in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
lower
Nov 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
lower
Nov 7, 2019
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 11/14/19, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
lower
Oct 10, 2019
Committee
Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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