[NAGDU] AB-468 California's new effort to crack down on illegitimate service dogs

Peter Wolf pwolf1 at wolfskills.com
Tue Apr 6 20:19:21 UTC 2021


Hi friends,

This just in from Christine Benninger, CEO of GDB in San Rafael.  It appears the sole thrust is to put common sense restrictions on mail order ESA credentials, and to introduce penalties.  Sounds good.  I’ll paste in the email content below.  

-Peter

California Assembly Bill 468

Thursday April 01, 2021


Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) is proud to share the latest updates on our recent advocacy efforts in California that could have far reaching implications for the service dog industry in the U.S. With our partners at Canine Companions for Independence <https://www.cci.org/> (CCI), GDB is proud to co-sponsor California legislation that would crack down on fraudulent service animals while protecting public access rights for people with legitimate service dogs like guide dogs.

What is California Assembly Bill 486 about?

AB468 is designed to address the growing online sale of fraudulent service animal certificates by unscrupulous opportunists. These certificates are sold to consumers with promises of giving their pets public access equal to that of people with legitimate service dogs like guide dogs. In addition to cheating people out of their money, these misleading business practices have also resulted in putting innocent, untrained animals in uncomfortable, scary, and even dangerous situations. Unfortunately, legitimate service dogs, as well as innocent bystanders, have also been hurt by these untrained animals. GDB is sponsoring this bill to protect the public access rights of guide dogs and ensure long and productive partnerships for our guide teams.

You can read the full text of the bill and follow its progress at the following link: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB468 <http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB468>
A hearing on California Assembly Bill AB468 will take place Tuesday, April 13, 2021 and we urgently need your help to encourage California state legislators to support it!

How you can help:

If you live in California, please lend your support by emailing or calling your Assemblymember and urging them to vote YES on AB468. Find your Assemblymember and their contact info at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov  <http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/>ca.gov.
Download a supportive letter you can email to your Assemblymember <https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/files/Blog/AB-468-Sample-Support-Letter.docx>.
Thank you for all you do to support our mission and to help us advocate for policy reforms that protect and serve our clients. Together, we are unstoppable!


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