PRINTER'S NO. 227
No. 193 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DENLINGER, GINGRICH, GRELL, LEACH, MANN, MELIO, RAPP, READSHAW, ROSS, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER AND VEREB, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for discrimination
3 on account of guide, signal or service dog or other aid
4 animal.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 7325 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 7325. Discrimination on account of guide, signal or service
10 dog or other aid animal.
11 A person is guilty of a summary offense if he, being the
12 proprietor, manager or employee of a theatre, hotel, restaurant
13 or other place of public accommodation, entertainment or
14 amusement, refuses, withholds or denies any person, who is using
15 a guide, signal or service dog or other aid animal that has been
16 certified or is undergoing training by a recognized authority to
17 assist a person, because of the physical disability, blindness
18 or deafness of the user, or who is training a guide, signal or
1 support dog or other aid animal for or from a recognized 2 authority for such a user, the use of or access to any 3 accommodation, advantage, facility or privilege of such theatre, 4 hotel, restaurant or other place of public entertainment or 5 amusement. 6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A5L18RLE/20070H0193B0227 - 2 -