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Bill Text

A3772 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3772 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman AURA K. DUNN

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Danielsen, Assemblywoman Murphy, Assemblyman 
Rumpf, Assemblywomen Haider, Flynn, Assemblyman Inganamort and Assemblywoman 
Fantasia

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals 
at State veterans' residential facilities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning service and emotional support animals at 
certain State veterans� residential facilities and supplementing chapter 3 of 
Title 38A of the New Jersey Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.�� a. �Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation 
to the contrary, service animals and emotional support animals may be permitted 
at any State veterans� residential facility.� The Department of Military and 
Veterans Affairs shall take into consideration the health and respiratory needs 
of the residents when considering the use of service and emotional support 
animals, and shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with federal 
guidelines to effectuate the provisions of this act, P.L.�� , c.�� (C.�� )(pending 
before the Legislature as this bill).�� 

����� A 
service animal or emotional support animal permitted at any State veterans� 
residential facility shall be under the control of the veteran with the 
disability or an alternate handler at all times while on a State veterans� 
residential facility property.� A service animal or emotional support animal 
shall have a harness, leash, or other tether, unless either the handler is 
unable because of a disability to use a harness, leash, or other tether, or the 
use of a harness, leash, or other tether would interfere with the service 
animal's safe, effective performance of work or tasks, in which case the 
service animal or emotional support animal shall be otherwise under the 
handler's control by voice control, signals, or other effective means.� A State 
veterans� residential facility shall not be responsible for the care or 
supervision of a service animal or emotional support animal.

����� b.�� Except 
as provided in this subsection, animals other than service animals or emotional 
support animals shall not be permitted on a State veterans� residential 
facility property.� A State veterans� residential facility head or designee may 
permit certain non-service animals and non-emotional support animals to be 
present on State veterans� residential facility property for the following 
reasons:

����� (1)� law 
enforcement purposes; or 

���� (2)�� animals 
under the control of the Office of Research and Development in the federal 
Department of Veterans Affairs.

���� 2.��� a.�� A service animal or 
emotional support animal shall be denied access to a State veterans� 
residential facility or removed from that facility if:

���� (1)�� the animal is not under 
the control of the veteran with a disability or an alternate handler;

���� (2)�� the animal is not 
trained to eliminate its waste in an outdoor area; or

���� (3)�� the animal otherwise 
poses a risk to the health or safety of people or other service animals or 
emotional support animals.

���� b.��� In determining whether 
an animal poses a risk to the health or safety of people or other service 
animals, the State veterans� residential facility shall make an individualized 
assessment based on objective indications to ascertain the severity of the risk, 

including, but not limited to, the 
following:

���� (1)�� external signs of 
aggression from the service animal or emotional support animal, such as 
growling, biting or snapping, baring its teeth, lunging; or

���� (2)�� external signs of 
parasites on the service animal or emotional support animal, including fleas or 
ticks, or other external signs of disease or bad health, including diarrhea or 
vomiting.

���� c.���� If a service animal or 
emotional support animal is denied access to a State veterans� residential 
facility or removed from that facility pursuant to subsections a. and b. of 
this section, the State veterans� residential facility shall give the veteran 
with a disability the opportunity to obtain services without having the service 
animal or emotional support animal on the State veterans� residential facility 
property.

���� 3.��� A veteran accompanied by 
a service animal or emotional support animal shall provide documentation with 
the following information:

���� (1)�� the animal has been 
certified, trained, or licensed as a service animal or emotional support 
animal, that lists the work or tasks the animal has been trained to perform; 
and

���� (2)�