House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/11/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs · February 11, 2026

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House Bill 12 81 — Facility comfort (police) dogs

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Representative Morton opened HB 12 81, proposing statewide minimum training and certification standards for agency-owned "facility comfort dogs" (police/public safety deployed dogs), and stressed the bill would explicitly exclude privately owned therapy and emotional-support animals and would not expand ADA protections. He and sponsor supporters (including Laura Barker of Hero Pups) argued standards reduce variability among 100+ local departments and protect handlers, victims and the public. Detective Rochelle Jones (Portsmouth PD) testified she opposed aspects of the bill (term "facility" and

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Committee public hearing on multiple bills including standards for police 'comfort' dogs, caller-ID rules for telemarketing, bans on coal-tar sealants, a moratorium/study on large data centers, required alcohol health warnings, tobacco penalty language, vape-device safety and youth-targeted vape packaging, and a bill to restrict sale of recreational nitrous oxide and certain inhalants.

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