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Jul 21, 2020 | referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 21, 2020 | advanced to third reading |
Jan 15, 2020 | 2nd report cal. |
Jan 14, 2020 | 1st report cal.157 |
Jan 08, 2020 | referred to investigations and government operations returned to senate died in assembly |
May 29, 2019 | referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 04, 2019 | advanced to third reading |
Feb 28, 2019 | 2nd report cal. |
Feb 27, 2019 | 1st report cal.172 |
Jan 29, 2019 | referred to investigations and government operations |
senate Bill S2705
Sponsored By
Timothy M. Kennedy
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
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Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 0 Senate District
S2705 (ACTIVE) - Details
S2705 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2705 SPONSOR: KENNEDY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law and the agriculture and markets law, in relation to therapy dogs and cats for persons with disabilities PURPOSE: This bill provides that persons with disabilities may not be subjected to housing discrimination for living with a therapy dog. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends subdivision of section 296 of the executive law to include service dogs of any breed and therapy dogs within the class of animals protected from unlawful discriminatory practices. Section 2: amends subdivision 26 of section 108 of the agriculture and markets law to include personal residences within places therapy dogs
S2705 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2705 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law and the agriculture and markets law, in relation to therapy dogs and cats for persons with disabilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 21 of section 292 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 269 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 21. The term "disability" means (a) a physical, mental or medical impairment resulting from anatomical, physiological, genetic or neuro- logical conditions which prevents the exercise of a normal bodily func- tion, SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS ONE OR MORE OF SUCH PERSON'S MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES, or is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or labora- tory diagnostic techniques or (b) a record of such an impairment or (c) a condition regarded by others as such an impairment, provided, however, that in all provisions of this article dealing with employment, the term shall be limited to disabilities which, upon the provision of reasonable accommodations, do not prevent the complainant from performing in a reasonable manner the activities involved in the job or occupation sought or held. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, CARING FOR ONESELF, PERFORMING MANUAL TASKS, SEEING, HEARING, EATING, SLEEPING, WALKING, STANDING, LIFTING, BENDING, SPEAKING, BREATHING, LEARNING, READING, CONCENTRATING, THINK- ING, COMMUNICATING, AND WORKING. MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDE THE OPERATION OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FUNCTIONS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, NORMAL CELL GROWTH, DIGESTIVE, BOWEL, BLADDER, NEUROLOGICAL, BRAIN, RESPIRATORY, CIRCULATORY, ENDOCRINE, AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03679-01-9
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