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Sponsor proposes hospitality check‑in form for service animals; committee sends subject to interim study
Summary
Representative Jerry Stringham, sponsor of HB 1117, urged a committee to study tools to help businesses distinguish service animals from misbranded pets and suggested referring a sample hospitality check‑in form to the Department of Agriculture for review; members raised legal limits on questions businesses may ask and civil‑rights concerns.
Representative Jerry Stringham, the bill’s prime sponsor, told the Commerce and Consumer Affairs committee that HB 1117 was intended to help restaurants, hotels and other businesses dealing with misbranded service animals and the disruptions they sometimes cause. Stringham said he created a sample hospitality check‑in form and suggested the committee refer the idea to the Department of Agriculture to draft state‑compliant language.
The proposal would not expand the scope of questions allowed under federal law, Stringham said, but would give establishments a short form…
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