PRINTER'S NO. 154
No. 140 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY PITTS, AFFLERBACH, GREENWOOD, CAWLEY, NOYE, FLICK,
MICOZZIE, FARGO, SHOWERS, PHILLIPS, J. L. WRIGHT, BOOK,
SAURMAN, SCHEETZ, MORRIS, VROON, KUKOVICH, GEIST, CIVERA,
ANGSTADT, JACKSON, JOHNSON, ITKIN, ARTY, E. Z. TAYLOR,
TRELLO, MERRY, SEMMEL, B. SMITH, BURD, D. W. SNYDER, BELARDI,
PRATT, CIMINI AND TIGUE, FEBRUARY 4, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing a penalty for discrimination
3 on account of the use of support dogs by handicapped persons.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 7325 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 7325. Discrimination on account of guide dog.
9 A person is guilty of a summary offense if he, being the
10 proprietor, manager or employee of a theatre, hotel, restaurant
11 or other place of public entertainment or amusement, refuses,
12 withholds or denies any person, who is using a guide dog,
13 because of the blindness or deafness of the user, or who is
14 using a support dog, because of a physical handicap of the user,
15 the use of or access to any accommodation, advantage, facility
16 or privilege of such theatre, hotel, restaurant or other place
1 of public entertainment or amusement.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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