Full Text of SB3687 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning service dogs.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 15. The Guide Dog Access Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 0.01 and 1 as follows:
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 630/0.01) (from Ch. 38, par. 65)
| 7 | | Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
| 8 | | Service Guide Dog Access Act.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
| 10 | | (720 ILCS 630/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 65-1)
| 11 | | Sec. 1. Service dog access to public accommodations. | 12 | | (a) When an individual with a disability, including a | 13 | | physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental | 14 | | disability, a blind, hearing impaired or physically | 15 | | handicapped
person or a person who is subject to epilepsy or | 16 | | other seizure disorders is
accompanied by a service dog dog | 17 | | which serves as a guide, leader, seizure-alert, or
| 18 | | seizure-response dog for such person or when a trainer of a | 19 | | service dog guide, leader,
seizure-alert, or seizure-response | 20 | | dog is accompanied by a service dog guide, leader,
| 21 | | seizure-alert, or seizure-response dog or a dog that is being | 22 | | trained to be a
service dog guide, leader, seizure-alert, or |
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| 1 | | seizure-response dog , then neither the person nor
the dog shall | 2 | | be denied the right of entry and use of facilities of any | 3 | | public
place of accommodation as defined in Section 5-101 of | 4 | | the "Illinois Human
Rights Act", if such dog is wearing a | 5 | | harness and such person presents
credentials for inspection | 6 | | issued by a school for training service guide, leader,
| 7 | | seizure-alert, or seizure-response dogs.
| 8 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "service dog" means | 9 | | any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform | 10 | | tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, | 11 | | including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or | 12 | | other mental disability. The work or tasks performed by a | 13 | | service animal must be directly related to the individual's | 14 | | disability. Examples of work or tasks include, but are not | 15 | | limited to, assisting individuals who are blind or have low | 16 | | vision with navigation and other tasks, alerting individuals | 17 | | who are deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or | 18 | | sounds, providing non-violent protection or rescue work, | 19 | | pulling a wheelchair, assisting an individual during a seizure, | 20 | | alerting individuals to the presence of allergens, retrieving | 21 | | items such as medicine or the telephone, providing physical | 22 | | support and assistance with balance and stability to | 23 | | individuals with mobility disabilities, calming a person with | 24 | | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, | 25 | | and helping persons with psychiatric and neurological | 26 | | disabilities by preventing or interrupting impulsive or |
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| 1 | | destructive behaviors. The crime deterrent effects of an | 2 | | animal's presence and the provision of emotional support, | 3 | | well-being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or | 4 | | tasks for the purposes of this definition. | 5 | | (c) Any violation of this Act is a Class C misdemeanor.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 92-187, eff. 1-1-02; 93-532, eff. 1-1-04.)
| 7 | | Section 20. The Assistance Animal Damages Act is amended by | 8 | | changing Section 5 as follows:
| 9 | | (740 ILCS 13/5)
| 10 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 11 | | "Blind person" means a person who has vision of 20/200 or | 12 | | less
with the best correction or has a visual field of 20 | 13 | | degrees or less.
| 14 | | "Guide dog" means a dog that is trained to lead or guide a | 15 | | blind
person.
| 16 | | "Deaf person" means a person whose hearing disability | 17 | | precludes
successful processing of linguistic information | 18 | | through audition with
or without a hearing aid.
| 19 | | "Hearing ear dog" means a dog that is trained to assist a | 20 | | deaf person.
| 21 | | "Assistance animal" means any animal trained to assist a
| 22 | | physically impaired person in one or more daily life | 23 | | activities,
including but not limited to:
| 24 | | (1) service guide dogs;
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| 1 | | (2) (blank) hearing ear dogs ;
| 2 | | (3) an animal trained to pull a wheelchair;
| 3 | | (4) an animal trained to fetch dropped items; and
| 4 | | (5) an animal trained to perform balance work.
| 5 | | "Daily life activity" includes but is not limited to:
| 6 | | (1) self-care;
| 7 | | (2) ambulation;
| 8 | | (3) communication;
| 9 | | (4) transportation; or
| 10 | | (5) employment.
| 11 | | "Physically impaired person" means any person who is | 12 | | permanently
physically impaired, whose physical impairment | 13 | | limits one or more of
daily life activities and who has a | 14 | | record of impairment and is
regarded by health care | 15 | | practitioners as having such an impairment,
requiring the use | 16 | | of an assistance animal including but not limited to
blindness, | 17 | | deafness and complete or partial paralysis.
| 18 | | "Service dog" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 | 19 | | of the Service Dog Access Act. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 91-480, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 21 | | Section 25. The White Cane Law is amended by changing | 22 | | Section 3 as follows:
| 23 | | (775 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 3363)
| 24 | | Sec. 3.
The blind, the visually handicapped, the hearing |
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| 1 | | impaired, persons
who are subject to epilepsy or other seizure | 2 | | disorders,
and the otherwise physically disabled have the same | 3 | | right as the
able-bodied to the full and free use of the | 4 | | streets, highways, sidewalks,
walkways, public buildings, | 5 | | public facilities and other public places.
| 6 | | The blind, the visually handicapped, the hearing impaired, | 7 | | persons who are
subject to epilepsy or other seizure disorders, | 8 | | and the
otherwise physically disabled are entitled to full and | 9 | | equal
accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of | 10 | | all common
carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad | 11 | | trains, motor buses, street
cars, boats or any other public | 12 | | conveyances or modes of transportation,
hotels, lodging | 13 | | places, places of public accommodation, amusement or resort
and | 14 | | other places to which the general public is invited, subject | 15 | | only to
the conditions and limitations established by law and | 16 | | applicable alike to
all persons.
| 17 | | Every totally or partially blind, hearing impaired, person | 18 | | who is subject
to epilepsy or other seizure disorders, or | 19 | | otherwise
physically disabled person or a trainer of service | 20 | | dogs support dogs, guide dogs,
seizure-alert dogs, | 21 | | seizure-response dogs, or
hearing dogs shall
have the right to | 22 | | be accompanied by a
service dog support dog or guide dog | 23 | | especially trained for the purpose, or a dog
that is being | 24 | | trained to be a service dog support dog, guide dog, | 25 | | seizure-alert dog,
seizure-response dog, or hearing dog , in any
| 26 | | of the
places listed in this Section without being required to |
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| 1 | | pay an extra charge
for the service dog guide, support, | 2 | | seizure-alert, seizure-response, or hearing dog ;
provided that | 3 | | he shall be liable for
any damage done to the premises or | 4 | | facilities by such dog.
| 5 | | For the purposes of this Section, "service dog" has the | 6 | | meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 of the Service Dog Access | 7 | | Act. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 92-187, eff. 1-1-02; 93-532, eff. 1-1-04.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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