Emotional Support Animals
Summary
Emotional Support Animals; Defining the terms “emotional support animal” and “housing provider”; prohibiting discrimination in housing provided to a person with a disability or a disability-related need for an emotional support animal; prohibiting a health care practitioner from providing information regarding a person’s need for an emotional support animal without having personal knowledge of that person’s need for the animal; prohibiting the falsification of information or other fraudulent misrepresentation regarding the use of an emotional support animal, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Jun 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2020 · House Mar 10, 2020
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Mar 3, 2020
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Jun 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0
lower
Mar 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Calendar
lower
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (258916)
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 02/10/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 02/03/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Not Considered
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 4 NAYS 1
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/14/20, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
upper
Dec 13, 2019
Committee
Referred to Agriculture; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jose Felix Diaz
RRepublican
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