California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1518 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/17/2023

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1518Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 17, 2023 An act relating to workforce development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1518, as introduced, Friedman. Workforce development: service dogs.Existing law establishes the Labor and Workforce Development Agency in state government under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, and charges the agency with oversight of specified departments, boards, and panels.Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a person, firm, or corporation that, among other acts, interferes with the rights of an individual with a disability. Under existing law, interfere for purposes of these provisions includes preventing or causing the prevention of a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog from carrying out its functions in assisting a disabled person.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1518Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 17, 2023 An act relating to workforce development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1518, as introduced, Friedman. Workforce development: service dogs.Existing law establishes the Labor and Workforce Development Agency in state government under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, and charges the agency with oversight of specified departments, boards, and panels.Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a person, firm, or corporation that, among other acts, interferes with the rights of an individual with a disability. Under existing law, interfere for purposes of these provisions includes preventing or causing the prevention of a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog from carrying out its functions in assisting a disabled person.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 1518

Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 17, 2023

Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman
February 17, 2023

 An act relating to workforce development. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1518, as introduced, Friedman. Workforce development: service dogs.

Existing law establishes the Labor and Workforce Development Agency in state government under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, and charges the agency with oversight of specified departments, boards, and panels.Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a person, firm, or corporation that, among other acts, interferes with the rights of an individual with a disability. Under existing law, interfere for purposes of these provisions includes preventing or causing the prevention of a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog from carrying out its functions in assisting a disabled person.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.

Existing law establishes the Labor and Workforce Development Agency in state government under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, and charges the agency with oversight of specified departments, boards, and panels.

Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a person, firm, or corporation that, among other acts, interferes with the rights of an individual with a disability. Under existing law, interfere for purposes of these provisions includes preventing or causing the prevention of a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog from carrying out its functions in assisting a disabled person.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to partner with accredited service dog organizations to provide technical education regarding federal disability law and service dog requirements.

### SECTION 1.