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House rejects amendment narrowing enforcement carve‑out in bill limiting calls for emergency services
Summary
Delegates debated and rejected an amendment to House Bill 249 that would have limited a ban on enforcing local ordinances and laws from applying to people with disabilities and those assisting them. The amendment failed on a roll call and the bill advanced to third reading.
An amendment to House Bill 249 that would have narrowed a proposed prohibition on enforcing local laws against people with disabilities and people assisting them failed on the House floor Thursday.
The amendment, offered from the floor during debate on House Bill 249 — a bill described in the reading as “residential real property, local limits on summoning law enforcement or emergency services” — would have exempted people with disabilities and those assisting them from a broader enforcement ban. The sponsor said the change was crafted to protect people with disabilities while keeping prohibitions aimed at “bad actors.”
Why it matters: The underlying bill and the amendment address when landlords, tenants or others can call 911 or emergency responders and whether…
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