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| Bill | AN ACT relating to animals. | Amend KRS 258.119 to allow the animal control and care fund to receive fines; amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; define additional terms; exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider; establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation; specify that emotional support animals are not required to be admitted where assistance dog are allowed; specify that the rights, privileges, and exemptions afforded to assistance dogs do not extend to emotional support animals; affirm certain rights and priviledges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory and allow additional rights for those providing accommodation in situations of tenancy; amend KRS 258.335 to make unlawful the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodation; amend KRS 258.991 to set the penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 to $1,000 and delete jail time; make the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodations unlawful and provide for a fine of up to $1,000; require that funds be paid into the animal control and care fund with 50% to fund spay and neuter clinics and 50% for county animal shelter block grants; amend KRS 525.010 to redefine "assistance dog." | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2024RS | HB 335 | Kentucky HB 335 (2024RS) |
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Kentucky HB 335 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to animals.
Amend KRS 258.119 to allow the animal control and care fund to receive fines; amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; define additional terms; exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider; establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation; specify that emotional support animals are not required to be admitted where assistance dog are allowed; specify that the rights, privileges, and exemptions afforded to assistance dogs do not extend to emotional support animals; affirm certain rights and priviledges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory and allow additional rights for those providing accommodation in situations of tenancy; amend KRS 258.335 to make unlawful the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodation; amend KRS 258.991 to set the penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 to $1,000 and delete jail time; make the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodations unlawful and provide for a fine of up to $1,000; require that funds be paid into the animal control and care fund with 50% to fund spay and neuter clinics and 50% for county animal shelter block grants; amend KRS 525.010 to redefine "assistance dog."
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 140 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASS HB 335 — pass (pass) · lower
- Pass — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- C. Massaroni — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (H)
referral-committee - 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Agriculture (H)
- 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Agriculture (H)
- 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Agriculture (H)
- 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Agriculture (H)
- 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage - 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024
- 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S)
referral-committee - 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
committee-passage - 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2 - 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-1
passage, reading-3 - 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 140)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa769c0b-99ce-4d11-bd9f-76f428196aaa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).