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Senate committee issues unanimous do-not-pass on assistance-animal documentation bill; advocates press for federal alignment
Summary
The committee voted unanimously for a do-not-pass recommendation on Senate Bill 2222 after testimony from disability advocates, legal aid and state agencies who warned the bill would impose stricter requirements than federal law and risk loss of federal cooperative status.
Sen. Bob Paulson introduced Senate Bill 2222, which would add state requirements for documentation and renewal of assistance-animal and service-animal certification and would impose penalties for knowingly providing false documentation.
Advocates for people with disabilities, fair-housing organizations and civil-rights groups testified against the bill in its current form. Christina Sambor of the High Plains Fair Housing Center and Micah Olson of North Dakota Protection and Advocacy both said the bill as drafted would require documentation from medical providers licensed in North…
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