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Committee endorses stricter penalties and outreach for harming or harassing service animals
Summary
Committee voted to recommend a bill that would require the Department of Commerce to post Disability Law Center contact information and increase criminal penalties for knowingly injuring, harassing or endangering a service animal to a felony in some cases; the measure passed with one House member opposed.
The Senate/House Judiciary Interim Committee on Oct. 28, 2025 voted to recommend a committee bill that would (1) direct the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code to publish contact information and the website for the state's protection and advocacy agency (the Disability Law Center) to help the public understand service‑animal law, and (2) strengthen criminal penalties for knowingly or recklessly injuring, harassing or endangering a service animal.
Representative Carrie Ann Lisonbee presented the draft and said training a guide dog can cost between $18,000 and $75,000 and can take six to 24 months; the bill would…
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