OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200
http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa
sSB-1386
AN ACT CONCERNING DOG BREED AND THERAPY ANIMALS
IN INSURANCE UNDERWRITING AND EVALUATING THE
FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PENALTY FOR
MISREPRESENTING A DOG AS A SERVICE ANIMAL.
Primary Analyst: AB 3/25/25
Contributing Analyst(s): TM
Reviewer: JS
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill, which prohibits discrimination in certain types of insurance
policies based on dog breeds and against service animals, results in no
fiscal impact to the Insurance Department as it is not anticipated to affect
the department's workload.
The bill also requires the Commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities to complete a feasibility study of establishing a penalty
for misrepresenting a dog as a service animal, which results in no fiscal
impact because the commission will use existing resources to complete
the study.