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The Cards & Fraud Bill
Pennsylvania adds service dog ID cards and new fraud crime
Further providing for definitions; establishing the trained service dog card; providing for the documentation of service dogs and for admittance of registered service dog to public accommodations; establishing a trained service dog card database; providing for immunity from liability; providing for the offense of fraudulent misrepresentation of a service dog; and making editorial changes.
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
If passed, the bill would let owners get a special card for their service dogs, create a database, and stop people from pretending their pets are service dogs.
Our take
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People with real service dogs could get easier access to restaurants and stores, while businesses get a way to check legitimacy. Owners would also be shielded from being sued if their dog harms someone, so the public may lose a way to hold them accountable.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Creates a trained service dog card for owners
- Establishes a state database of service dog cards
- Provides owners immunity from liability
- Makes it a crime to falsely claim a dog is a service animal
- Bill introduced in Pennsylvania House and referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs
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