PRINTER'S NO. 2723
No. 1982 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, ARMSTRONG, BEBKO-JONES, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, COHEN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO,
FRANKEL, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HARRIS, HUTCHINSON, KOTIK,
LaGROTTA, MARKOSEK, R. MILLER, NAILOR, O'NEILL, SCAVELLO,
E. Z. TAYLOR AND TIGUE, SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for discrimination
3 on account of guide, signal or service dog or other aid
4 animal.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 7325 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 7325. Discrimination on account of guide, signal or service
10 dog or other aid animal.
11 A person is guilty of a summary offense if he, being the
12 proprietor, manager or employee of a theatre, hotel, restaurant
13 or other place of public accommodation, entertainment or
14 amusement, refuses, withholds or denies any person, who is using
15 a guide, signal or service dog or other aid animal that has been
16 certified or is undergoing training by a recognized authority to
17 assist a person, because of the physical disability, blindness
1 or deafness of the user, or who is training a guide, signal or
2 support dog or other aid animal for or from a recognized
3 authority for such a user, the use of or access to any
4 accommodation, advantage, facility or privilege of such theatre,
5 hotel, restaurant or other place of public entertainment or
6 amusement.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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