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Committee recommends guidance website for service animals after removing criminal penalty language
Utah House Judiciary Committee · February 5, 2026
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Summary
The Judiciary Committee unanimously adopted a first substitute to HB 23 that drops a criminal-penalty enhancement and requires clear, state-hosted information about service-animal law to help businesses and people with disabilities avoid wrongful denials of service.
Representative Abbott introduced the first substitute to HB 23, saying the substitute removes reference to a criminal-penalty enhancement and instead requires information about service-animal law be posted on a state website so that individuals and businesses can readily find and…
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