New York A 7967: Relates to rights of persons with disabilities to be accompanied by a guide dog or service dog

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A07967 Summary:

BILL NOA07967 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORTapia

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COSPNSRSteck, Eachus, Shimsky, Benedetto, Hevesi, Angelino

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§47, 47-b & 47-c, add §47-d, Civ Rts L

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Protects the rights of persons with disabilities to be accompanied by a guide dog or service dog in a place of public accommodation or housing accommodation; imposes a misdemeanor penalty for violations; requires the division of human rights to conduct a public awareness and education campaign.

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BILL NOA07967 

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04/16/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7967

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to rights of persons
 with disabilities to be accompanied by a guide dog or service dog

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 47 of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter
 2 404 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 47. Use of public facilities [by persons with a disability] and
 4 other accommodations. 1. No person shall be denied admittance to and/or
 5 the equal use of and enjoyment of any public facility solely because
 6 said person is a person with a disability and is accompanied by a guide
 7 dog, hearing dog or service dog. No person with a disability shall be
 8 denied the right to be accompanied by a guide dog or service dog in any
 9 place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, or housing accommo-
 10 dation.
 11 2. [For the purposes of this section the term "public facility" shall
 12 include, but shall not be limited to, all modes of public and private
 13 transportation, all forms of public and private housing accommodations
 14 whether permanent or temporary, buildings to which the public is invited
 15 or permitted, including those maintained by the state or by any poli-
 16 tical subdivision thereof, all educational facilities and institutions,
 17 including those maintained by the state or by any political subdivision
 18 thereof, all places where food is offered for sale, all theatres,
 19 including both live playhouses and motion picture establishments and all
 20 other places of public accommodations, convenience, resort, enter-
 21 tainment, or business to which the general public or any classification
 22 of persons therefrom is normally or customarily invited or permitted.]
 23 No extra charge or security deposit shall be imposed on a person with a
 24 disability for a guide dog or service dog in a housing accommodation;
 25 provided, however, that such person shall be liable for any damage done

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11383-01-5

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 1 to the premises or facilities of such housing accommodation by such
 2 guide dog or service dog.
 3 § 2. Section 47-b of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 404
 4 of the laws of 1986, subdivisions 1, 4 and 7 as amended by chapter 141
 5 of the laws of 2015 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 536 of the
 6 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 47-b. [Miscellaneous] Definitions and miscellaneous provisions. 1.
 8 Persons with a disability accompanied by guide dogs, hearing dogs or
 9 service dogs shall be guaranteed the right to have such dogs in their
 10 immediate custody while exercising any of the rights and privileges set
 11 forth in this article, provided that in instances of employment pursuant
 12 to section forty-seven-a of this article, such dog has been trained by a
 13 qualified person. Blind persons shall, further, have the right to carry
 14 a cane in their immediate custody while exercising any of the rights and
 15 privileges set forth in this section.
 16 2. No person or legal entity, public or private, shall attempt t