CS/CS/SB 1382 (2012) -  Service Animals

General Bill by Budget and Children, Families, and Elder Affairs and Bennett
Service Animals: Citing this act as the "Dawson and David Caras Act"; removing provisions related to service animals; specifying rights of an individual accompanied by a service animal; providing penalties for denying or interfering with admittance to or enjoyment of a public accommodation; providing rights of housing to the owner or trainer of a service animal; providing a penalty for misrepresentation as an owner or trainer, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2012
Last Event: Died in Messages on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 02/09/12 1:15 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Budget
    • On agenda for: 03/02/12 2:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 21   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 1077 Subject: Service Animals Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Engrossed 1
  • Committee Substitute 2
    • A 105162 , Bennett Date Filed: 03/09/12, Line#: 270 Senate: Adopted 3/9/2012 4:21:28 PM
    • A 608720 , Smith Date Filed: 03/09/12, Line#: 287 Senate: Withdrawn 3/9/2012 4:21:01 PM
    • A 631700 , Bogdanoff Date Filed: 03/09/12, Line#: 287 Senate: Withdrawn 3/9/2012 4:25:20 PM
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 610732 , Budget, Bennett Date Filed: 02/28/12, Line#: 245 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/03/2012 04:09 PM
    • A 757156 , Budget, Bennett Date Filed: 02/28/12, Line#: 281 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/03/2012 04:09 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 497356 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Detert Date Filed: 02/08/12, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/10/2012 02:04 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget 3/5/2012 9:15:33 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget 2/27/2012 4:57:57 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 2/10/2012 2:34:34 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 2/8/2012 8:07:20 AM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: Senate Date: 03/09/2012 04:26 PM   Yeas: 39 Nays: 0 Action: Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 57] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Messages Time: 03/09/2012 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H In Messages Time: 03/09/2012 - 5:07 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 1237 Time: 03/09/2012 - 4:26 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 1236 Time: 03/09/2012 - 4:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted (105162) -SJ 1236 Time: 03/09/2012 - 4:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 1236 Time: 03/09/2012 - 4:18 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/12 Time: 03/07/2012 - 4:20 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Budget read 1st time -SJ 808 Time: 03/05/2012 - 8:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 805 Time: 03/05/2012 - 5:16 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/05/2012 - 8:13 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 805 Time: 03/02/2012 - 4:40 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget, 03/02/12, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 03/01/2012 - 8:36 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget, 03/01/12, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered Time: 02/29/2012 - 9:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/29/12, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered Time: 02/28/2012 - 9:23 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/28/12, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered Time: 02/23/2012 - 9:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Budget Time: 02/23/2012 - 9:47 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Recalled from Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 674 Time: 02/23/2012 - 9:46 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations Time: 02/14/2012 - 11:22 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 519 Time: 02/14/2012 - 11:21 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 506 Time: 02/13/2012 - 8:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 500 Time: 02/13/2012 - 10:53 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/10/2012 - 2:10 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 500 Time: 02/09/2012 - 3:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 02/06/2012 - 4:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 149 Time: 01/13/2012 - 5:44 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 149 Time: 01/13/2012 - 10:07 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 12/29/2011 - 9:50 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
252.355 CS/CS/HB 1077
413.08 CS/CS/HB 1077
413.083 CS/CS/HB 1077