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Senate advances bill to strengthen penalties and protections for service animals and handlers

2495962 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 300 would create offenses for harassment or unauthorized control of service animals, expand restitution and penalties, and codify protections for handlers. Committee recommended do pass and the measure passed second reading 48–2.

Senators approved a bill intended to enhance legal protections for service animals and their handlers.

Senate Bill 300, introduced by Senator Logie, would establish offenses such as harassment or unauthorized control of a service animal and provide for restitution and penalties when a service animal is harmed or its handler is interfered with. Logie told the…

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