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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1386

AN ACT CONCERNING DOG BREED AND THERAPY ANIMALS IN INSURANCE UNDERWRITING AND EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PENALTY FOR MISREPRESENTING A DOG AS A SERVICE ANIMAL.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 30, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Prohibit any homeowners insurance or tenants insurance policy from discriminating based on (A) harboring or owning any dog of a specific breed or mixture of breeds, or (B) owning any dog that is a dog trained or being trained as a service animal to assist blind, deaf or mobility impaired persons; and (2) require the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a penalty for intentional misrepresentation of a dog as a service animal to gain accommodations under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Christine Cohen

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Tammy Nuccio, Joseph H. Zullo

    Its course

    February 25 to May 30, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action14 actions on 7 days

    In the SenateFeb 25 to May 2993 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 25 to Mar 1114 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 29 to May 30 · stopped1 day

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 29

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 25 – May 29

    1. Feb 25Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Feb 28Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Mar 11Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 29The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    5. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendment A

    In the House of Representatives May 29

    1. May 29Sent to the House of Representatives
    All 14 actions, as published
    1. Feb 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 11Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 11FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 20REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 26RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 26FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Mar 26SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Mar 26FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 29SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    11. May 29SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    12. May 29RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSESenate
    13. May 30FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    14. May 30HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives