Existing law authorizes a minor who is a witness in certain criminal cases to designate an attendant who must be allowed to attend the preliminary hearing and the trial during the witness's testimony to provide support. (NRS 178.571) Section 1 of this bill requires the court in a criminal proceeding or proceeding relating to abuse or neglect to allow a witness who is a minor or vulnerable person to use a facility dog, if available, to provide support during the witness's testimony, unless the court finds that doing so will unduly prejudice the defendant or interfere with a constitutional right of the defendant. Section 1 also prescribes certain requirements relating to facility dogs.
In general, existing law requires a place of public accommodation, common carrier or other means of public conveyance or transportation to admit a person accompanied by a service animal or service animal in training. (NRS 651.075, 704.145, 706.366) Sections 2-4 of this bill likewise generally require a place of public accommodation, common carrier or other means of public conveyance or transportation to admit a person accompanied by a facility dog or facility dog in training.