Amended IN Assembly March 09, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1518Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 17, 2023An act to add Section 7203 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to workforce development. service animals.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1518, as amended, Friedman. Workforce development: service Service dogs.Existing law contains various provisions relating to guide dog instruction and requires a guide dog school to annually submit a list of all trainers or guide dog instructors employed or contracted by the school to the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits the department from charging a fee for the collection of this data.This bill would require the department, in consultation with service dog schools and advocacy organizations, to conduct a statewide educational campaign concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, subject to appropriation by the Legislature for that purpose. The bill would authorize the department to solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools, to support this campaign.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: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Data indicates that somewhere between one-third and one-half of guide dog users and more than three-quarters of service dog users experience attacks against their guide or service dogs by other dogs. These attacks occur both in places of public accommodation and on private property, including the residences of guide and service dog users.(b) These attacks can produce serious physical or psychological injury to a qualified service dog and can result in expenses to the service dog user that include veterinary expenses, lost income due to missed work days, financial impacts of permanently removing a service dog from duty, including replacement of the service dog, and even medical bills for service dog users themselves.(c) Although criminal penalties exist that include potential recovery of expenses from the owner of, or other person responsible for, the attacking dog, these laws are seldom enforced and thus are usually of no help to the service dog user.SEC. 2. Section 7203 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:7203. (a) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall conduct an educational campaign throughout the state concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, including the high number of attacks on their dogs by other dogs, the need to exercise better control over untrained dogs to reduce the number of these attacks, and the need for owners and operators of places of public accommodation to exercise their legal right to remove from their premises animals not behaving in a safe and appropriately controlled manner.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the express purpose of this section, the Department of Consumer Affairs shall carry out the educational campaign, as described in subdivision (a), through a variety of means, including the departments internet website, posters and other materials in public places, videos, and public service announcements.(c) In addition to public funding for conducting this campaign, the department may solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools.(d) In conducting this educational campaign, the department shall consult with service dog schools and advocacy organizations for people who are blind, have low vision, or have other physical or sensory disabilities.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.
Amended IN Assembly March 09, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1518Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 17, 2023An act to add Section 7203 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to workforce development. service animals.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1518, as amended, Friedman. Workforce development: service Service dogs.Existing law contains various provisions relating to guide dog instruction and requires a guide dog school to annually submit a list of all trainers or guide dog instructors employed or contracted by the school to the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits the department from charging a fee for the collection of this data.This bill would require the department, in consultation with service dog schools and advocacy organizations, to conduct a statewide educational campaign concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, subject to appropriation by the Legislature for that purpose. The bill would authorize the department to solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools, to support this campaign.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: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 09, 2023
Amended IN Assembly March 09, 2023
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 to add Section 7203 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to workforce development. service animals.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1518, as amended, Friedman. Workforce development: service Service dogs.
Existing law contains various provisions relating to guide dog instruction and requires a guide dog school to annually submit a list of all trainers or guide dog instructors employed or contracted by the school to the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits the department from charging a fee for the collection of this data.This bill would require the department, in consultation with service dog schools and advocacy organizations, to conduct a statewide educational campaign concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, subject to appropriation by the Legislature for that purpose. The bill would authorize the department to solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools, to support this campaign.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 contains various provisions relating to guide dog instruction and requires a guide dog school to annually submit a list of all trainers or guide dog instructors employed or contracted by the school to the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits the department from charging a fee for the collection of this data.
This bill would require the department, in consultation with service dog schools and advocacy organizations, to conduct a statewide educational campaign concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, subject to appropriation by the Legislature for that purpose. The bill would authorize the department to solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools, to support this campaign.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Data indicates that somewhere between one-third and one-half of guide dog users and more than three-quarters of service dog users experience attacks against their guide or service dogs by other dogs. These attacks occur both in places of public accommodation and on private property, including the residences of guide and service dog users.(b) These attacks can produce serious physical or psychological injury to a qualified service dog and can result in expenses to the service dog user that include veterinary expenses, lost income due to missed work days, financial impacts of permanently removing a service dog from duty, including replacement of the service dog, and even medical bills for service dog users themselves.(c) Although criminal penalties exist that include potential recovery of expenses from the owner of, or other person responsible for, the attacking dog, these laws are seldom enforced and thus are usually of no help to the service dog user.SEC. 2. Section 7203 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:7203. (a) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall conduct an educational campaign throughout the state concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, including the high number of attacks on their dogs by other dogs, the need to exercise better control over untrained dogs to reduce the number of these attacks, and the need for owners and operators of places of public accommodation to exercise their legal right to remove from their premises animals not behaving in a safe and appropriately controlled manner.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the express purpose of this section, the Department of Consumer Affairs shall carry out the educational campaign, as described in subdivision (a), through a variety of means, including the departments internet website, posters and other materials in public places, videos, and public service announcements.(c) In addition to public funding for conducting this campaign, the department may solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools.(d) In conducting this educational campaign, the department shall consult with service dog schools and advocacy organizations for people who are blind, have low vision, or have other physical or sensory disabilities.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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Data indicates that somewhere between one-third and one-half of guide dog users and more than three-quarters of service dog users experience attacks against their guide or service dogs by other dogs. These attacks occur both in places of public accommodation and on private property, including the residences of guide and service dog users.(b) These attacks can produce serious physical or psychological injury to a qualified service dog and can result in expenses to the service dog user that include veterinary expenses, lost income due to missed work days, financial impacts of permanently removing a service dog from duty, including replacement of the service dog, and even medical bills for service dog users themselves.(c) Although criminal penalties exist that include potential recovery of expenses from the owner of, or other person responsible for, the attacking dog, these laws are seldom enforced and thus are usually of no help to the service dog user.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Data indicates that somewhere between one-third and one-half of guide dog users and more than three-quarters of service dog users experience attacks against their guide or service dogs by other dogs. These attacks occur both in places of public accommodation and on private property, including the residences of guide and service dog users.(b) These attacks can produce serious physical or psychological injury to a qualified service dog and can result in expenses to the service dog user that include veterinary expenses, lost income due to missed work days, financial impacts of permanently removing a service dog from duty, including replacement of the service dog, and even medical bills for service dog users themselves.(c) Although criminal penalties exist that include potential recovery of expenses from the owner of, or other person responsible for, the attacking dog, these laws are seldom enforced and thus are usually of no help to the service dog user.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) Data indicates that somewhere between one-third and one-half of guide dog users and more than three-quarters of service dog users experience attacks against their guide or service dogs by other dogs. These attacks occur both in places of public accommodation and on private property, including the residences of guide and service dog users.
(b) These attacks can produce serious physical or psychological injury to a qualified service dog and can result in expenses to the service dog user that include veterinary expenses, lost income due to missed work days, financial impacts of permanently removing a service dog from duty, including replacement of the service dog, and even medical bills for service dog users themselves.
(c) Although criminal penalties exist that include potential recovery of expenses from the owner of, or other person responsible for, the attacking dog, these laws are seldom enforced and thus are usually of no help to the service dog user.
SEC. 2. Section 7203 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:7203. (a) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall conduct an educational campaign throughout the state concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, including the high number of attacks on their dogs by other dogs, the need to exercise better control over untrained dogs to reduce the number of these attacks, and the need for owners and operators of places of public accommodation to exercise their legal right to remove from their premises animals not behaving in a safe and appropriately controlled manner.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the express purpose of this section, the Department of Consumer Affairs shall carry out the educational campaign, as described in subdivision (a), through a variety of means, including the departments internet website, posters and other materials in public places, videos, and public service announcements.(c) In addition to public funding for conducting this campaign, the department may solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools.(d) In conducting this educational campaign, the department shall consult with service dog schools and advocacy organizations for people who are blind, have low vision, or have other physical or sensory disabilities.
SEC. 2. Section 7203 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
7203. (a) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall conduct an educational campaign throughout the state concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, including the high number of attacks on their dogs by other dogs, the need to exercise better control over untrained dogs to reduce the number of these attacks, and the need for owners and operators of places of public accommodation to exercise their legal right to remove from their premises animals not behaving in a safe and appropriately controlled manner.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the express purpose of this section, the Department of Consumer Affairs shall carry out the educational campaign, as described in subdivision (a), through a variety of means, including the departments internet website, posters and other materials in public places, videos, and public service announcements.(c) In addition to public funding for conducting this campaign, the department may solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools.(d) In conducting this educational campaign, the department shall consult with service dog schools and advocacy organizations for people who are blind, have low vision, or have other physical or sensory disabilities.
7203. (a) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall conduct an educational campaign throughout the state concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, including the high number of attacks on their dogs by other dogs, the need to exercise better control over untrained dogs to reduce the number of these attacks, and the need for owners and operators of places of public accommodation to exercise their legal right to remove from their premises animals not behaving in a safe and appropriately controlled manner.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the express purpose of this section, the Department of Consumer Affairs shall carry out the educational campaign, as described in subdivision (a), through a variety of means, including the departments internet website, posters and other materials in public places, videos, and public service announcements.(c) In addition to public funding for conducting this campaign, the department may solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools.(d) In conducting this educational campaign, the department shall consult with service dog schools and advocacy organizations for people who are blind, have low vision, or have other physical or sensory disabilities.
7203. (a) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall conduct an educational campaign throughout the state concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, including the high number of attacks on their dogs by other dogs, the need to exercise better control over untrained dogs to reduce the number of these attacks, and the need for owners and operators of places of public accommodation to exercise their legal right to remove from their premises animals not behaving in a safe and appropriately controlled manner.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the express purpose of this section, the Department of Consumer Affairs shall carry out the educational campaign, as described in subdivision (a), through a variety of means, including the departments internet website, posters and other materials in public places, videos, and public service announcements.(c) In addition to public funding for conducting this campaign, the department may solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools.(d) In conducting this educational campaign, the department shall consult with service dog schools and advocacy organizations for people who are blind, have low vision, or have other physical or sensory disabilities.
7203. (a) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall conduct an educational campaign throughout the state concerning the problems faced by qualified service dog users, including the high number of attacks on their dogs by other dogs, the need to exercise better control over untrained dogs to reduce the number of these attacks, and the need for owners and operators of places of public accommodation to exercise their legal right to remove from their premises animals not behaving in a safe and appropriately controlled manner.
(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the express purpose of this section, the Department of Consumer Affairs shall carry out the educational campaign, as described in subdivision (a), through a variety of means, including the departments internet website, posters and other materials in public places, videos, and public service announcements.
(c) In addition to public funding for conducting this campaign, the department may solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools.
(d) In conducting this educational campaign, the department shall consult with service dog schools and advocacy organizations for people who are blind, have low vision, or have other physical or sensory disabilities.
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.