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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1893 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representative M. Brown 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Senator K. Hammer 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | ANIMALS; TO AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | BUSINESS OWNER TO BAN AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OR THE BUSINESS PREMISES; 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | TO REGULATE LIABILITY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY RELATED TO 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 14 |
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| 19 | 18 | | 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | Subtitle 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | TO AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | BUSINESS OWNER TO BAN AN EMOTIONAL 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | SUPPORT ANIMAL FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | OR THE BUSINESS PREMISES; AND TO 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | REGULATE LIABILITY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | RELATED TO EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS. 23 |
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| 28 | 27 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 20, Chapter 14, Subchapter 10, is 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | 20-14-1005. Emotional support animals on private property or business 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | premises — Liability. 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (a)(1) Unless prohibited by the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | seq., as it existed on January 1, 2025, or other existing federal law, a 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | private property owner may ban an emotional support animal from his or her 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | private property. 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | (2) If the private property is a business, the business owner 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | may ban an emotional support animal from the business premises by: 36 HB1893 |
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| 42 | 41 | | (A) Verbally telling a customer or visitor that the 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | emotional support animal is not allowed on the business premises; or 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | (B) Posting a sign in a conspicuous place at the entrance 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | of the business premises stating that emotional support animals are 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | prohibited. 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | (b) A private property owner or business owner shall not be held 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | liable for an injury to a customer or visitor by an emotional support animal 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | except in a case of gross negligence by the private property owner or 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | business owner. 9 |
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