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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5690
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1504
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HEFFERNAN, 115th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION AS A
PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that any person who 1
fraudulently misrepresents that such person is a person with a disability 2
for the purpose of receiving accommodations regarding service dogs 3
afforded by the Americans with Disabilities Act shall be guilty of a 4
misdemeanor. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To provide that any person who fraudulently misrepresents that such
person is a person with a disability for the purpose of receiving
accommodations regarding service dogs afforded by the Americans
with Disabilities Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.