FL Proposed Revision Bill

[GermanShepherds6800]

We make sure any person responsible for equipment or medical care are certified to do so and it really is only just that service dog trainers should have to be legit proven as competent and certified as well IMO. I think to many service dog fraud users and fraud trainers are out there and I applaud steps towards regulating it.

[ILGHAUS]

See previous post about an amendment to proposed revision filed in the FL House. Follow-up email being sent out:

Dear XX:

Thank you for your email. Please be advised that because of concerns raised by you and several others who have contacted my office, I intend on making several changes to the bill. Specifically, I will be removing all references to the word "accredited". Just for information purposes, my reasoning for initially including language referencing "accredited", was to target those who might have a pet and claim to be "training" the pet simply to allow them to take the dog anywhere they wish. Since I am now removing that language, I will add language dealing with how animals are to behave, which currently is not found in Florida law. That way, if someone does have a pet they are trying to pass off as a service dog in training, the behavior of the dog will most likely give the dog away.


Sincerely,

Representative Rick Kriseman

District 53

St. Petersburg: 727-552-1380