Under existing law, it is unlawful for a place of public accommodation, a common carrier, a common motor carrier of passengers or other means of public conveyance or transportation to refuse admittance or service to a person with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal or a person accompanied by a service animal in training. (NRS 651.075, 704.145, 706.366) Existing law further authorizes a place of public accommodation to ask a person accompanied by a service animal or service animal in training to remove the animal if the animal: (1) is out of control and the person accompanying the animal fails to take action to control it; or (2) poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others. (NRS 651.075) Section 1 of this bill: (1) makes such a request mandatory; (2) expands the request to any animal accompanying a person; (3) makes it punishable by a civil penalty for a person to refuse such a request; and (4) requires a place of accommodation to post a sign notifying patrons of the mandatory request and the civil penalties for refusal to comply with the request. Sections 2 and 3 of this bill extend these provisions to a common carrier and a common motor carrier of passengers or other means of public conveyance or transportation. Sections 2 and 3 also extend to a common carrier and a common motor carrier of passengers or other means of public conveyance or transportation the authority to ask a person accompanied by an animal if the animal is a service animal or service animal in training and what tasks the animal is trained or being trained to perform.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 651.075, 704.145, 706.366
BDR: 651.075, 704.145, 706.366