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Senate Bill S4156
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2011-S4156 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A132
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Transportation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §147, Transp L; amd §47, Civ Rts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A11468
2013-2014: S2831, A6892
2011-S4156 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4156 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the transportation law and the civil rights law, in relation to allowing therapy dogs to enter public places and public transportation PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Allows for any dog that is certified and trained to work or perform specific tasks for the benefits of persons with special needs to accompany the trainer, owner or handler in public places or on public transportation. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 147 of the transportation law Section 2 amends subdivision 1 of section 47 of the civil rights law Section 3 sets the effective date JUSTIFICATION: Psychologists have shown a growing interest in animal assisted therapy, a method which uses trained companion animals to aid patients in treatment. Research has shown that animals can lower stress levels and make people feel better in the short term, and are of particular help to people suffering from depression, seizures, autism, bipolar disorder, and children who have been severely neglected.
2011-S4156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4156 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 21, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the transportation law and the civil rights law, in relation to allowing therapy dogs to enter public places and public transportation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 147 of the transportation law, as amended by chap- ter 404 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: S 147. Dogs accompanying persons with a disability. (A) Subject to such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, all common and contract carriers of passengers by motor vehicle shall permit a guide dog, hearing dog [or], service dog OR THERAPY DOG properly harnessed, accompanying a person with a disability, as defined in subdi- vision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, OR AN OWNER OR HANDLER OF SUCH DOGS OR SUCH PERSONS LICENSED TO TRAIN SUCH DOGS to aid and guide such DISABLED person, to ride on all vehicles operated for transportation and no charge shall be made for the transportation of such dog. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THERAPY DOG" SHALL MEAN ANY DOG THAT IS CERTIFIED AND TRAINED TO WORK OR PERFORM SPECIFIC TASKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS INCLUDING THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AUTISM, DRUG ADDICTION, DISTRESS DUE TO EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE AND CLINICAL DEPRESSION OR BIPOLAR DISEASE BY A RECOGNIZED THERAPY DOG TRAINING CENTER OR PROFESSIONAL THERAPY DOG TRAINER AND IS ACTUALLY USED FOR SUCH PURPOSE. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 47 of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 404 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) No person shall be denied admittance to and/or the equal use of and enjoyment of any public facility solely because said person is a person with a disability and is accompanied by a guide dog, hearing dog EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00897-01-1
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