CS/HB 721 (2019) - Emotional Support Animals

General Bill by Judiciary Committee and Killebrew (CO-SPONSORS) Sabatini

Emotional Support Animals: Provides that individual with disability who has emotional support animal is entitled to access to housing accommodation; prohibits housing accommodation from requiring such individual to pay extra compensation; authorizes housing accommodation to request written documentation verifying individual's disability or disability-related need; specifies individual is liable for damage done by emotional support animal; prohibits falsification of written documentation or other misrepresentation; provides penalties.

Effective Date: July 1, 2019

Last Event: Died on Second Reading Calendar on Friday, May 3, 2019 11:59 PM

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Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Civil Justice Subcommittee
- On agenda for: 03/20/19 8:00 AM
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- Favorable (final action) See Votes
Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- On agenda for: 03/25/19 4:00 PM
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- Favorable (final action) See Votes
Judiciary Committee
- On agenda for: 04/16/19 1:30 PM
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) See Votes

Related Bills

Bill #	Subject	Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 1128	Subject: Emotional Support Animals	Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Committee Substitute 1
Original Filed Version
- A 424061 , Killebrew (JDC) Date Filed: 04/16/19, Line#: 77 House(c): Adopted 04/16/2019 07:18 PM
- A 794237 , Killebrew (JDC) Date Filed: 04/15/19, Line#: 82 House(c): Adopted 04/16/2019 07:18 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber	Committee
Chamber: House	Committee: Judiciary Committee 4/17/2019 7:38:12 PM
Chamber: House	Committee: Judiciary Committee 4/12/2019 4:21:07 PM
Chamber: House	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee 3/26/2019 10:33:30 AM
Chamber: House	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee 3/22/2019 12:43:50 PM
Chamber: House	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee 3/20/2019 5:38:13 PM
Chamber: House	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee 3/18/2019 4:10:49 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event	Time	Member	Committee	Ver.
Event: H Died on Second Reading Calendar	Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Added to Second Reading Calendar	Time: 04/18/2019 - 4:33 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Bill referred to House Calendar	Time: 04/18/2019 - 4:33 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H 1st Reading	Time: 04/17/2019 - 11:59 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H CS Filed	Time: 04/17/2019 - 7:58 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)	Time: 04/17/2019 - 7:58 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Judiciary Committee	Time: 04/17/2019 - 7:38 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee	Time: 04/16/2019 - 7:18 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Added to Judiciary Committee agenda	Time: 04/12/2019 - 4:06 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Now in Judiciary Committee	Time: 03/26/2019 - 10:34 AM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Time: 03/26/2019 - 10:34 AM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Time: 03/25/2019 - 5:25 PM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda	Time: 03/21/2019 - 3:59 PM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Time: 03/20/2019 - 5:42 PM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee	Time: 03/20/2019 - 5:42 PM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee	Time: 03/20/2019 - 2:18 PM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda	Time: 03/18/2019 - 4:05 PM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading	Time: 03/05/2019 - 11:28 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee	Time: 02/20/2019 - 1:23 PM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Referred to Judiciary Committee	Time: 02/20/2019 - 1:23 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Time: 02/20/2019 - 1:23 PM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee	Time: 02/20/2019 - 1:23 PM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Filed	Time: 02/08/2019 - 11:27 AM	Member: Killebrew	Committee:	Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute	Other Bill Citations
413.08	CS/SB 1128, SB 1196