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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6289
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3013
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
CERTAIN PERSONS LIVING WITH AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
ANIMAL AND ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR MISREPRESENTING
THE STATUS OF SUCH ANIMAL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) require that certain 1
housing providers provide reasonable accommodations for a person 2
with mental and emotional disabilities who lives with an emotional 3
support animal, as provided in the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 USC 4
Part 3604 et seq. and Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 5
701 et seq., each as amended from time to time, and any regulation 6
adopted thereunder, and (2) establish penalties for misrepresenting the 7
status of such animal. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) provide reasonable accommodations for certain persons with
mental and emotional disabilities who live with an emotional support
animal, and (2) establish penalties for misrepresenting the status of
such animal.